Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s primitive wooden donut turner as its yellow lightening bolt

as its yellow lightening bolt

though I believe this one is first generation

It's heavy

this is a smallish one

but the old paint and softened edges and just all over patina on these is to my eye just spectacularly beautiful

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s primitive wooden donut turner as its yellow lightening boltSince 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,