Lovely Old Pine Stool with History of Reinforcements school work sampler I would treat it as

I would treat it as a sculptural object for the shelf

and I love how tiny that little carved ball is inside the very thin walls of the cage

Just a gorgeous thing

so maybe good for a box of matches

One one side is a nude Eve

Lovely Old Pine Stool with History of Reinforcements school work sampler I would treat it asAnother great old perfect pedestal sort of cricket stool, because they are such lovely and useful things. I really love how the history of this one 19th c. and made of pine I believe unfolds across its surface as a series of repairs and reinforcements, testifying to its having been a much used and valued possession. There are a range of different nails, some of them showing carved plugs; a mend to the front of one leg (quite an old repair), and two