Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 valentine's gift and human performers--all fantastic

and human performers--all fantastic

This terrific old striped wooden horn makes a great sound

which is not only good for stacking but also for spinning like a top

perhaps best of all: "Sensualist one devoted to carnal enjoyments"

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 valentine's gift and human performers--all fantasticThis is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them, like this one, are signed and dated at bottom, others initialed on , 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 just a burgeoning interest in the