Wonderful All Original Paint Decorated c. 1840s Primitive Stool, Pittsfield, NH (Great Underside, Too) self-taught artist How could I resist this

How could I resist this one

late 19th c  Pennsylvania German I believe

great antique condition--sturdy

I suppose it's possible that putting a coin through the slot released a handful of the beads filling the globe

Wonderful All Original Paint Decorated c. 1840s Primitive Stool, Pittsfield, NH (Great Underside, Too) self-taught artist How could I resist thisWhen I am out and about I swear I pick up pretty much every stool I see (often having to remove a pile of other things that have been set atop it), 95 percent of the time returning it back to its spot and stacking whatever pile back on top of it. I had to travel to a couple hundred miles to find this one, and two others listed today, but they are, to my eye, really good ones. This one 1840s or so, and with those red painted stripes marching across the