Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #3, c. 1850s whimsy necklace I am pretty certain it

I am pretty certain it is copper

kind of like screaming at the top of one's lungs

Newer cardboard backing and wired for hanging

One can slide the weight on the metal balance attached to the arrow to adjust the height of the bait in the water

So this is batch #1

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #3, c. 1850s whimsy necklace I am pretty certain itSince finding a bundle of antique seaweed pressings from the Isle of Wight a few months ago, I've been looking for more, and so was thrilled to recently find a portfolio of seven of them. They came nicely preserved inside a large piece of paper with folded edges, with "Specimens of Sea Weeds for Mrs. Bindle" hand written on the front. There is a watermark on one piece dated 1852 with the printer name A. Pirie & Sons, who were located in Aberdeen,