Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #5 large plate composed of interlocking solid copper

composed of interlocking solid copper circles and rectangles with the patterns in relief against darker grounds

love letters

and all domestic uses

it feels like bringing a little piece of the ocean or sky inside

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight #5 large plate composed of interlocking solid copperThis 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