Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame German modern I think there is so

I think there is so much one could write about this

there are hand-written numbers on each of their legs suggesting they might be two of a series made (

a stand-in for the recipient of the card

Some spotting visible on the white

and the dark brown glaze and irregularity of the form just right

Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame German modern I think there is soOccasionally 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