SOLD Four Panel Victorian Sea Moss Specimen Collection, Rockport, Mass. pewter box with stone It measures 7 3/4" tall

It measures 7 3/4" tall x 5 1/2" at widest diameter

but the knowledgable dealer I purchased it from classified it as a card case

This is a partial piquet deck (piquet dates to the 16th century at latest

Indonesian or Vietnamese

who signed the bottoms in 1903

SOLD Four Panel Victorian Sea Moss Specimen Collection, Rockport, Mass. pewter box with stone It measures 7 3/4" tallI love it when I find Victorian sea moss specimens that were collected in my neck of the woods these in Rockport, MA, just a few miles from me here in Ipswich, and the beaches of which I know well. And what a beautiful group of specimens, as ethereal and radiant as they come, perfectly preserved. With green silk ribbons at the corners joining each card to the next. 14 1 4" l x 4" t fully open; folds up to 4" x 3 1 2". Pretty much pristine condition.