Beautiful Much Used Primitive Bench with Old Yellow and White Paint water view on the other hand

on the other hand

and I'm not sure what the black line is crossing just above its mouth

There is a gold foiled "Made in Switzerland" sticker on the back of the box with the printed number 6349

as is the box

Beautiful Much Used Primitive Bench with Old Yellow and White Paint water view on the other handTo my eye just a gorgeous object, wonderfully painterly and sculptural both. Nothing about it is quite square or straight, but clearly it did the job of a stool for many many years. Fat old hand forged nails all over including an exuberant big cluster of them on one short side, and a combination of original yellow paint on the interior and lower parts, and white on the top and sides. A great pedestal now for a sculpture or vessel or found object or