Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame trinket box and I think provokes the

and I think provokes the most tender and protective instincts in us as humans

10 1/4" t x 8 9/16" d and in very good condition

This is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together

beautiful old handmade boat could use a proper stand

and based on the hairstyle and the manner of the painting I believe likely dates to the first quarter of the 19th century

Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame trinket box and I think provokes theOccasionally I'll see a Victorian dried flower composition with a cut paper element, but I don't believe I've ever seen a sea moss picture like this before, with that black paper horn evoking a theorem painting stencil as well as nodding to a cut paper silhouette portrait, and I think locating it c. 1850s or so. I love sea moss pressings of all sorts (including for the fact that sea moss gathering represented an acceptable way for young women to get