Gorgeous 19th C American Primitive Stool in Original Bittersweet Paint school painting I love it for the

I love it for the font and of course for the word handy--a good thing to have on hand

with the well worn mark of James Brown

and a lovely treen box when closed up--and easily transportable for some back alley gambling

dashing off this sketch while lively intellectual banter rises all around him

with the length of the wire following the lines of the ^ so as not be be visible from the front

Gorgeous 19th C American Primitive Stool in Original Bittersweet Paint school painting I love it for theFound this week at a favorite antique store in Maine, and I paid fairly for it, but it's among my very favorite stools I've come across, in this best old bittersweet paint, and I sure do love a very old and much loved American stool. Photos tell the story as well as I can, but I will say its many times more beautiful and richly presence full in person. Wonderful. 10 1 2" x 6 5 16" x 6 1 4" t. Late 18th early 19th c. I believe. Sturdy and steady sound,