Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool silver toned I believe it is quite

I believe it is quite an early example of Winfield Pottery

is signed at the bottom but I am uncertain of its maker

A striking mid-century piece

which I found at an antique store

though still latches

Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool silver toned I believe it is quiteHad I not spent a couple of years working on a farm, I am not sure I would have known that this unusual tiered painted wood object (while also a remarkable piece of sculpture!) is in fact an old handmade milking stool. While we did not have cows to milk on the veggie farm where I lived and worked, a milking stool came in pretty handy for fitting between narrow aisles in our greenhouses and sitting upon for labor intensive picking, like green beans! Im