Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket 1980s pin 4 3/8” w x 3

4 3/8” w  x 3 1/16” d x 2 1/2” t and in very good condition

utilitarian construction

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

a church which continues to operate today

and I think it has a good amount of age

Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket 1980s pin 4 3/8” w x 3I'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