Much Used Old Pine Stool with Painterly Surface toby mug hand-painted in white against the

hand-painted in white against the red

I'm pretty certain this old spear-like carving had no other purpose that giving pleasure to its maker

scuffed and smudged

arched brow

This is one of my very favorite boxes I've had in my possession

Much Used Old Pine Stool with Painterly Surface toby mug hand-painted in white against theI'm always looking for good old stools but am having a particular moment with them right now in addition to being the one type of furniture I can easily manage to ship (!), they're also useful things in an endless number of ways, including making great pedestals for other things, and they seem, as much as almost anything else, to wear their histories on their proverbial sleeves. This one has certainly had quite a life, which I might guess included