Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette make do been box I believe this would have

I believe this would have been a shaving mirror

the book was first published in 1952

The design of these Rayo Card Co

though the best detail also shows a stray bit of fiber to the left of the crack--not a flaw

Watercolor on card weight paper

Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette make do been box I believe this would haveThe form of this stool, combined with its red paint, drew me to it, but then I noticed the subtle outline of a bird on the top and was completely sold. I'm not quite sure if the bird was inlaid or just incised very finely and then painted stained a slightly stronger red but of it feels now like this happy surprise, as if placed there just for the delight of the user. And then around the perimeter top edge of the stool is a pattern painted in gold I