Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #7 vintage educational puzzle It measures 10 7/8" x

It measures 10 7/8" x 1 1/2" x 5/16"

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I've polished it up just a bit

5 3/8" long

I think it's just a terrific piece that makes me happy every time I look at it

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #7 vintage educational puzzle It measures 10 7/8" xThis 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