Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette make do been box but appear never to have

but appear never to have been put to use

Watercolor on card weight paper

though the best detail also shows a stray bit of fiber to the left of the crack--not a flaw

I just find these old glass watch crystals pretty things

or just pin it up

Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette make do been box but appear never to haveThe form of this stool, combined with its red paint, drew me to it, but then I noticed the subtle outline of a bird on the top and was completely sold. I'm not quite sure if the bird was inlaid or just incised very finely and then painted stained a slightly stronger red but of it feels now like this happy surprise, as if placed there just for the delight of the user. And then around the perimeter top edge of the stool is a pattern painted in gold I