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

including Greuby and Teco

plus this pair of sweet little yellow birds riding on its back

as its yellow lightening bolt

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

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,