Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #5 metallic Mid-1950s I believe

Mid-1950s I believe

and natural bristles

Like new condition

this striking large black vase is unmarked

The basket

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #5 metallic Mid-1950s I believeThis is one 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 like this one signed on back (Maggie, in this case), 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 just a