19th C Cricket Stool in Original Paint Joined by Wooden Nails vintage French enamelware with light wear and aging

with light wear and aging to the metal

this is a finely crafted little basket that would be perfect for holding a tiny treasure of two

I believe the drawing may be based on a late 17th century caryatid by Raphael painted below the fresco of 'The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila' in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican

I've been stalking antique prints/book pages documenting astronomical phenomenon of late

I'm thinking this one would might a nice cup for dice throwing

19th C Cricket Stool in Original Paint Joined by Wooden Nails vintage French enamelware with light wear and agingI always have an eye out for great stools that would make great pedestals to arrange other things atop, and I think this is quite a special one, 19th c, in its original decorative paint, with wooden pegs joining legs to wide and top, holding completely tight and sturdy as can be. Im not sure whether the paint would technically be referred to as faux grain painting but it is of that ilk, a wonderful mix of red and black and brown and gray. To my eye