Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame antique dice a perfect gift

a perfect gift

the heart of which it pierces right through

I love those

I purchased this pair from a favorite dealer in Cohoes

oil on tin

Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame antique dice a perfect giftOccasionally 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