Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples mechanics which extend over the black

which extend over the black of the lip and base too

with nicely tapered dowels holding the two sides together

with very deep bowls

perhaps near one's favorite reading chair

of course is easy to remove if one prefer to put something more personal in its place

Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples mechanics which extend over the blackSmall 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