19th C Cricket Stool in Original Paint Joined by Wooden Nails bright eyed A super handsome set of

A super handsome set of antique checkers in their original slide top box

I assume this was an apothecary tin

There are three fine decorative lines around the body of the pitcher

All show what I believe are rust stains

Forgive my not very good photos here

19th C Cricket Stool in Original Paint Joined by Wooden Nails bright eyed A super handsome set ofI 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