Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette handprinted porcelain this one slightly smaller and

this one slightly smaller and not quite as heavy as the first

which occurred in a classroom where these were used many many years ago

The toes of her barefoot seem to have root-like properties as well

with a beautiful carved wooden bottom

Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette handprinted porcelain this one slightly smaller andThe 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