Much Loved, Unusually Constructed Antique PA Cricket Stool in Original Green Paint 19th century sketchbook as if he's been sitting

as if he's been sitting here forever patiently waiting for someone to give him a treat

"2-2 1/2" measures 10 5/8" t x 3 3/4" w x 1/2" d

completed in 1878

I tend to pass over Victorian die cut creations in favor of hand-drawn ones

Much Loved, Unusually Constructed Antique PA Cricket Stool in Original Green Paint 19th century sketchbook as if he's been sittingAnother week, another great old stool, because they're infinitely useful, and I can't pass a good one by. This one I purchased from a dealer couple from Bucks County, PA, where they found it. Just the sort I look for great lines, lots of nails, much loved, best green paint. And a bit of an unusual construction to this one, with the most subtle suggestion of feet cut into the bottom of the short sides, and a thin horizontal piece of wood running along