Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s antique toys great for display on a

great for display on a shelf

There is one split toward to bottom of the slide top lid and another on the bottom of the box but it remains very sturdy and sound

Stereographs came into widespread use in the second half of the 19th century

The metal I believe is bronze

4 1/8" tall x approx 2 1/2" wide and deep

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #2, c. 1850s antique toys great for display on aSince 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, which are larger inn size and more varied than the last. 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