Wonderful Old Iron Milking Stool with Star Cutout and Fantastic Surface scrap metal I really love the combination

I really love the combination of objects included here

On the reverse it is both strung to wear and wired to hang

so he will spill a little straw when one handles him

but here these two are

Wonderful Old Iron Milking Stool with Star Cutout and Fantastic Surface scrap metal I really love the combinationA charmer of an old milking stool, very early 20th century I believe, the form of which is perfectly suited for milking indeed, with a bit of a pitch to the seat, allowing one to get right up under those udders! But of course what sold me is the spectacular surface, white paint on iron, which has aged to yield a pattern reminding one quite a bit of a black and white speckled cow:) And then this charming star cut out on the little shelf below, making