Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #7 vintage educational puzzle When I am looking for

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5 3/8" long

1 1/4" long x 1 1/2" tall x 7/8" wide

A fantastic gift for an architect or anyone who frequently takes the measure of things

punctuated at the center with looped splint for a little handle

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #7 vintage educational puzzle When I am looking forThis is among the two largest of 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 a few like this one 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