DESCRIPTION: From as early as the 17th century until well into the 19th century, cricket stools and miniature bucket or crock benches were a popular form of small furniture in the early American home. Cricket stools and miniature benches were used in affluent homes as well as tiny cottage homes where space was minimal. They were used by children for seating, foot stools by adults, and to hold buckets and crocks off the floor away from small vermin. We are pleased to offer this Antique Pine Mortised Through Miniature Crock or Bucket Bench from New England circa 1700s for your consideration. The Antique Miniature Bucket Bench is handmade of New England white pine boards. New England white pine was a popular wood for making furniture by early colonists in the 1700s and was over harvested to the near point of extension by the early 1800s. The boot jack shaped splayed legs were mortised through the top of the Antique Miniature Crock Bench. The front and back aprons are tapered on the ends and attached with age appropriate nails to the legs. The Antique New England Miniature Crock or Bucket Bench is in excellent condition, strong and sturdy, with an age appropriate patina.

MEASUREMENTS: 22 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 9 inches high.

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