Perfect Old Green Painted Cricket Stool Rockland High School The tabs on reverse extend

The tabs on reverse extend about 1" deep

modeled on others but its own special thing

The reader itself shows a 1909 copyright and features a series of stories about animals and people with some nice illustrations

but I think it is the combination of carefully hand-carved shape (with carve marks visible)

Such a happy looking couple

Perfect Old Green Painted Cricket Stool Rockland High School The tabs on reverse extendI love anything in old green paint of this shade, which I think would be described as "bittersweet" and even more so when it shows some alligatoring, as this does. So to find it covering on a really terrific looking old stool with just the right form and proportions makes me super happy. To my eye a perfect thing. 11" w x 8 3 4" d x 8 3 4" t and in very good, perfectly aged condition, very sturdy and sound. Some paint loss to the top but long since