Victorian Amateur Pressed Sea Moss Collection--Mixed Lot, As Found molded terracotta but opens and closes no

but opens and closes no problem

content to treat it as a great looking little modernist sculpture with a secret

The patina to dry wood on this one is especially great

but this is of a different ilk

7 11/16” x 5 3/8” framed

Victorian Amateur Pressed Sea Moss Collection--Mixed Lot, As Found molded terracotta but opens and closes noThis is not the work of a master sea moss collector but rather an amateur, who pressed them long ago on a variety of different papers a few 8x11 inch white paper pages, and then a mix of smaller papers, from very thin to card weight. I found them all together in a folder, along with a few scraps of paper and a few loose pressings, a could of which I remounted using clear archival tape. I find a sea moss collection of any sort a wondrous thing, and the