Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #6 knife tray with straight handle They reference classic styles of

They reference classic styles of imperial porcelain

his maker carved ears and nose and mouth

with dings and scrapes and some dryness to the wood

but also because they make a largely black and white wardrobe far more exciting

The nicely shaped

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #6 knife tray with straight handle They reference classic styles ofThis 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