Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s primitive wooden donut turner I have to think this

I have to think this once held something very precious

but really I'd treat this box more as a decorative than a functional object anyway--set it somewhere to admire it and leave it alone

self-possessed

It's heavy

this is a smallish one

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s primitive wooden donut turner I have to think thisSince 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,