Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples dark brown but I've been admiring old

but I've been admiring old Buddhist spiritual drawings of late and keeping an eye out for antique hand-drawn and painted examples on paper--so was thrilled to find this beautiful mandala

5 5/8" w x 5" t x 7/8" d and in beautiful aged condition

looking like an easter bunny with a real sense of determination and maybe a little angst

with a few tiny brown spots on one side that appear original to its making

Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples dark brown but I've been admiring oldSmall 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