I'd guess made of cigar box wood or similarly salvaged bits
with a nice patina on both and the wood of the handles super smooth
which I have found reference to as active in the 1860s
and old hole into which a dowel would have been inserted to make him dance
but most of that is gone now
19th C. Gray-Green Primitive Stool With Great Lines, Fantastic Surface and Good For Everything antique spice crate I'd guess made of cigarAmong my very favorite old stools I've had, and I've got a penchant for stools and have bought and sold a bunch. 19th century, great boxy form, hand forged iron nails, very sturdy, original paint which is a wonderfully aged gray green. And with a mysterious slat running across the top not a split, but a slit, perhaps from some earlier function of that board, but now making it feel like a slot for dropping love notes through! Everything I've set on