Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool drinking flask The face of the pin

The face of the pin is black enamel with drippy pools of iblue and white enamel on top

I picked the book

the only observable flaw is a slight indentation or possible chip on the base of the front right foot

3 1/4" diameter at base

Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool drinking flask The face of the pinHad I not spent a couple of years working on a farm, I am not sure I would have known that this unusual tiered painted wood object (while also a remarkable piece of sculpture!) is in fact an old handmade milking stool. While we did not have cows to milk on the veggie farm where I lived and worked, a milking stool came in pretty handy for fitting between narrow aisles in our greenhouses and sitting upon for labor intensive picking, like green beans! Im