Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette handprinted porcelain I'm not entirely sure if

I'm not entirely sure if the face on this one is tiger

17" long x 8 3/4" tall x 4 7/8" wide

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

expressing the sense of forced constriction facing Indigenous Americans just a few years before the signing of the Dawes Act in 1887

with a beautiful carved wooden bottom

Charming 19th C. Turned Leg Cricket Stool with Surprise Bird Silhouette handprinted porcelain I'm not entirely sure ifThe 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