Handsome Antique Cricket Stool in Black Paint painted rubber it certainly makes me smile

it certainly makes me smile every time I look at it

And the darkening and old water stains to the dry wood add a sense of shadiness or mystery

all housed in the original box

made after a print by Henry Edwin Landseer I believe

Handsome Antique Cricket Stool in Black Paint painted rubber it certainly makes me smileTwo antique stools this week, which make it a good week in my book; good old primitive stools seem to have become more and more precious, and no great mystery why! Found in MA, 2nd half 19th c. I believe, nice clean lines, and old black painted surface that makes it feel as well suited to serve as a pedestal for contemporary things as for folky old ones. Infinitely useful. 11 1 8 x 7 3 4 x 7 1 8 tall and in good condition, solid and sturdy, and heavy