Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s teaching morse code A rare and special thing

A rare and special thing

lava-like glazes

With dreay [dreary I think it's meant to be] November's fog and snow

Her hair is black yarn

and with very pretty pink backs

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s teaching morse code A rare and special thingSince 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,