Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #6 roughly carved whimsy I have only found one

I have only found one other of these out there anywhere

early 20th century

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just some minor stains and dings

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #6 roughly carved whimsy I have only found oneThis is one of the largest among a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them are signed and dated at bottom, others initialed on back, and this one is unsigned so they represent the work of a few different people, most likely young women, among whom seaweed collecting and pressing was quite the thing during the Victorian era. I love the fact that making these represented not