Victorian Pressed Sea Moss - Set of Six Specimens, Mounted manuscript map especially the center front one

especially the center front one

though I'm honestly not sure what the metal is

which appeared in on boxes and mirror backs and dishes

and glazed inside and out

Victorian Pressed Sea Moss - Set of Six Specimens, Mounted manuscript map especially the center front oneI think I'll never get over the magic of antique pressed seaweed sea moss specimens, and really love the wispiness and delicacy of these six, which feel rather as if still waving in the water and also remind me a bit of Rorschach ink blots, where one might see all sorts of things in them. The specimens were adhered to ruled paper, then mounted in a grid to a backing sheet quite long ago I believe (my guess is their presentation here is how they were