19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails royal doulton and still bound

and still bound

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

so could be used as doorstops or bookends or whatever

and the more I look at it

but I'm pretty sure come from the same set

19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails royal doulton and still boundMy 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