Honest, Sturdy, Very Useful Old Stool with Warm Dry Patina fine drawing I especially love the choice

I especially love the choice of blue paint for face

but a bit of an unusual one with those large flat floppy ears) is Asian

was custom made by its user

and my guess--due especially to the tulips--is that it is Dutch

I found these at an estate sale loaded to the gills with a lifetime's accumulation of all manner of things

Honest, Sturdy, Very Useful Old Stool with Warm Dry Patina fine drawing I especially love the choiceAnother week, another stool; there are some things I buy that make me wonder 'what is someone going to do with this???' but I never second guess a good old infinitely useful stool. This one I grabbed at a shop in upstate NY just as it was coming in the door great lines, great patina, well constructed, very sturdy, and perfect as a pedestal for all sorts of things. (Or using as a stool!) 13 l x 7 d x 7 1 2 t and in very good antique condition, nicely