Lovely 19th C. Wooden Cricket Stool with Scalloped Sides reactive glaze Cards measure approx 3 1/2"

Cards measure approx 3 1/2" x 2 3/8"

with a little wear to the wooden lids and a couple of spots of wear to the white enamel of their interiors

and then also on the backsides

The linen backing and needlework itself has held up extremely well and appears almost completely intact

Lovely 19th C. Wooden Cricket Stool with Scalloped Sides reactive glaze Cards measure approx 3 1/2"I've forever got an eye out for great old stools, which I think make the best pedestals for arranging other things atop, and lately all I want to do is arrange things in relation to other things! This one I found in New Hampshire (almost into Vermont), and is many times better in person, with graceful form and great proportions, old iron nails, and just the very very subtlest hint of a blue tinge to the stained painted surface. 19th century I'm sure,