Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame antique dice I purchased this pair from

I purchased this pair from a favorite dealer in Cohoes

oil on tin

I find them both very full of life

I find this very old tramp art frame super evocative

the heart of which it pierces right through

Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame antique dice I purchased this pair fromOccasionally 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