19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails teepees framed by lemons on one

framed by lemons on one side and grapes on the other

large enough to hold anything and everything

and could be put to all sorts of creative and pragmatic uses

with gold leaf added on the teeth and eyes

so perhaps it was somehow glued/adhered flush to a mount

19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails teepees framed by lemons on oneMy current obsession with old cricket stool continues, and I think this is a sweet one. The top was covered with fabric, or perhaps a needlepoint at some point, hence the profusion of nails and nail holes around the sides, the effect of which really like as it lends it some extra tooth! Old orange paint on the legs, and dark green on the sides (over orange I think), with a little of both still on the top, too, though mostly not. As always, I'm looking