Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #6, c. 1850s wooden spoon with curvy handle I especially love the two

I especially love the two super chunky oar shaped pieces

though possibly it is another metal that has been gilded

Perhaps it was a gift to a shoemaker

but this wonderful thing is like fence and tree and lights all rolled into one

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Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #6, c. 1850s wooden spoon with curvy handle I especially love the twoSince 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,