Evocative Bookplate of Florida Key Sponge in Beautiful Old Wooden Frame bookplate and a welded on post

and a welded on post on the back to make it stand

published (in 1846) for ship builders

with these long

which I don't think detracts

A pretty rare and special one I think

Evocative Bookplate of Florida Key Sponge in Beautiful Old Wooden Frame bookplate and a welded on postI'm not sure from whence it came or how it came to be someone very carefully cut out and mounted the information about the bookplate on the back of the frame but it has a bit of the feel of having been hung in an old library or museum or science department. I love the idea of hanging an image of a giant sponge right over one's desk or reading chair, and also love how it looks a bit like a brain, and also a portrait, with these little points at the top