Recording LocationNew Bedford, Massachusets, United States of America, North America
Title
pressed seaweed
Date1876
MediumSHELL, PAPER, seaweed
Dimensions3 1/2 x 4 x 2 in. (8.9 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm)
Object number2019.51
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionSet of three books of pressed seaweed specimens, in Atlantic scallop shells. The title page in the larger shell reads "Sea Mosses", another has a small arrangement of sea weed and shells on its first page and the inscription "Christmas, 1875", and on the second page of the final one is an inscription "Mrs. T.R. Green from Genie M. Lovell" followed by "Remember the Giver, New Bedford, March 31, 1876". They are tied together with a brown ribbon.ProvenanceGenie M. LovellOn View
Not on view
12/25/1849
Circa 1861-1890
