Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette make do been box though the best detail also

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

I believe this would have been a shaving mirror

the book was first published in 1952

The design of these Rayo Card Co

eyes cast downward

Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette make do been box though the best detail alsoThe 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