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oil on tin
a perfect gift
I purchased this pair from a favorite dealer in Cohoes
but I saved a few pieces for a la carte listing
the most singular in their patinas acquired through use the better
Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Horn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame antique dice oil on tinOccasionally 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
