Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket 1980s pin though it would be pretty

though it would be pretty great for holding lipsticks

steep hill

I do my work by day

and I think it has a good amount of age

I know from the seller that this paper doll dates to the 1860s

Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket 1980s pin though it would be prettyI've had a few Victorian sea moss albums and booklets over the years, but this the first with handwritten verses to accompany the mosses on every page. "Was this the fringe of a sea nymph's robe Caught in the door of a coral cave Loosened by waters that span the globe And tossed ashore on a foamy wave?" Very Victorian indeed! The maker of this was clearly devoted to the effort, and in most cases documented the type of sea moss and also where it was