Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s teaching morse code lava-like glazes

lava-like glazes

A rare and special thing

Ultimately

then painting a thin red line for the lips

Otherwise a small tear to the cover at the bottom left spine corner

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s teaching morse code lava-like glazesSince 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,