19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails royal doulton with a white sticker (showing

with a white sticker (showing black in the photo) on which is written "Window Roses 2" in pencil

This is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together

At nearly a foot tall and quite heavy

and still bound

with these precision of the masts contrasting with the painterly waves

19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails royal doulton with a white sticker (showingMy current obsession with old cricket stool continues, and I think this is a sweet one. The top was covered with fabric, or perhaps a needlepoint at some point, hence the profusion of nails and nail holes around the sides, the effect of which really like as it lends it some extra tooth! Old orange paint on the legs, and dark green on the sides (over orange I think), with a little of both still on the top, too, though mostly not. As always, I'm looking