Sweet Little Victorian Sea Moss Collection c. 1880s nativity Perhaps the sort of thing

Perhaps the sort of thing only a mother could love

this one sculpted from a stoneware slab

but he's signed on the underside Bruce C

but I did not document the contents of each envelope--all appear filled with one or more packets of tiny cut paper templates

The basket

Sweet Little Victorian Sea Moss Collection c. 1880s nativity Perhaps the sort of thingI'm forever on the hunt for Victorian pressed sea moss albums harder and harder to find, and more and more precious when one does. This is a small one, but the pressings on each page are lovely, well preserved, and quite nicely arranged, with a good eye toward variety of color and form, too. The covers are (as noted on the reverse of the front one) it seems made from Yucca plant, and the front cover features an image of "Ramona's House" I believe