Naughty Old Carved Folk Art Man in Black Coat and Hat insect pin and a line of green

and a line of green grass all around the bottom

I have done a fair amount of research

but it certainly looks to have been the go-to stool for many a milking and other tasks too

" is a phrase central to Freemasonry

I'd think a spice box--the space inside is not very large

Naughty Old Carved Folk Art Man in Black Coat and Hat insect pin and a line of greenOne sees these old carved figures around now and then, with hidden pop up phalluses, but I don't think I've seen another I like quite as much as this one, whose black hat and coat and smiling, almost snowman looking face simultaneously belies and perfectly foreshadows what's in store when one pulls him apart! I can't help but think of him as a portrayal of righteous hypocrisy perhaps representing a puritanical late 17th century minister crying