Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool drinking flask Massachusetts and has since taught

Massachusetts and has since taught at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina

I'd be inclined to keep it nearby to use for herding human companions

There is a hook on the back for hanging

3 1/4" diameter at base

Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool drinking flask Massachusetts and has since taughtHad I not spent a couple of years working on a farm, I am not sure I would have known that this unusual tiered painted wood object (while also a remarkable piece of sculpture!) is in fact an old handmade milking stool. While we did not have cows to milk on the veggie farm where I lived and worked, a milking stool came in pretty handy for fitting between narrow aisles in our greenhouses and sitting upon for labor intensive picking, like green beans! Im