Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #4, c. 1850s central street sign perhaps carrying around and pulling

perhaps carrying around and pulling out when in need of a little extra good luck

or a camp counselor

and all the better to find a set of them

un-dyed splint and grass presumed MicMac basket with "porcupine" weave around the perimeter of the lid and again near the bottom of the base

Closed it measures 12" t x 1/2" wide x 3/4" d

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #4, c. 1850s central street sign perhaps carrying around and pullingSince 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,