Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples mills sturdy and solid

sturdy and solid

3 3/4" long x 1 3/4" tall

lushly executed in a super elegant and interesting palette

points on the picket fence

Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples mills sturdy and solidSmall in scale but quite a treasure I think, which I like an extra lot for the fact that the sea moss specimens were collected in the whaling capital of New Bedford, MA, right around the time (c. 1850) that Melville was writing Moby Dick, which was inspired by it. It appears to me that this album, with shell shaped leather cover and tissue paper separating each page, has barely been opened since it was created; each of its 32 specimens is in excellent