19th C Cricket Stool in Original Paint Joined by Wooden Nails bright eyed Nicely fashioned fashioned from scrap

Nicely fashioned fashioned from scrap aluminum

All show what I believe are rust stains

Forgive my not so great photos of this terrific antique sampler

6 7/8" t x 3 5/8" d and in excellent condition

I believe the figure represented in Tasap (Tasaf)

19th C Cricket Stool in Original Paint Joined by Wooden Nails bright eyed Nicely fashioned fashioned from scrapI always have an eye out for great stools that would make great pedestals to arrange other things atop, and I think this is quite a special one, 19th c, in its original decorative paint, with wooden pegs joining legs to wide and top, holding completely tight and sturdy as can be. Im not sure whether the paint would technically be referred to as faux grain painting but it is of that ilk, a wonderful mix of red and black and brown and gray. To my eye