Beautiful Much Used Primitive Bench with Old Yellow and White Paint water view on the other hand

on the other hand

and a bit of cracking to the surface of the lacquer on the bottom of the interior tray

wired on the back for hanging

with just very light wear

I am not quite sure of the metal

Beautiful Much Used Primitive Bench with Old Yellow and White Paint water view on the other handTo my eye just a gorgeous object, wonderfully painterly and sculptural both. Nothing about it is quite square or straight, but clearly it did the job of a stool for many many years. Fat old hand forged nails all over including an exuberant big cluster of them on one short side, and a combination of original yellow paint on the interior and lower parts, and white on the top and sides. A great pedestal now for a sculpture or vessel or found object or