Much Loved, Unusually Constructed Antique PA Cricket Stool in Original Green Paint 19th century sketchbook I tend to pass over

I tend to pass over Victorian die cut creations in favor of hand-drawn ones

(I've seen toothpicks work pretty well as peg legs:)

4 1/2" wide from top (splaying leather) x 4 1/4" tall

completed in 1878

as if he's been sitting here forever patiently waiting for someone to give him a treat

Much Loved, Unusually Constructed Antique PA Cricket Stool in Original Green Paint 19th century sketchbook I tend to pass overAnother week, another great old stool, because they're infinitely useful, and I can't pass a good one by. This one I purchased from a dealer couple from Bucks County, PA, where they found it. Just the sort I look for great lines, lots of nails, much loved, best green paint. And a bit of an unusual construction to this one, with the most subtle suggestion of feet cut into the bottom of the short sides, and a thin horizontal piece of wood running along