Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #6, c. 1850s wooden spoon with curvy handle with just these little diamond

with just these little diamond shaped windows revealing the pointed tips of the form inside

and her expression--one can just feel the harsh wind she is braced against

but the wood has been hollowed out and whittled

but this wonderful thing is like fence and tree and lights all rolled into one

I think every inch of it just teems with love and warmth

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #6, c. 1850s wooden spoon with curvy handle with just these little diamondSince 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,