Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame German modern which changes from blue to

which changes from blue to pink as one unwinds

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

Some spotting visible on the white

with the color nice and bright

I think there is so much one could write about this

Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame German modern which changes from blue toOccasionally 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