Primitive Old Wooden Stool with Iron Handle painted tramp frame done many years ago by

done many years ago by an uncle of the owner

A little research lead me to discover that this drawing must have been made after a woodcut first published as a plate in Thomas Hood's Whims and Oddities: in prose and verse

made by The Embossing Company in Albany New York

2 15/16" l x 1 1/8" d (1 1/2" including lock) x 1 3/16" tall not including pin

and though all more or less the same

Primitive Old Wooden Stool with Iron Handle painted tramp frame done many years ago byThis one is a bit of a mystery to me, which is part of why I like it. I'd think that the iron "handle" at one end with serrated edge around its flat, nearly round end served a specific purpose. perhaps allowing a small vise or clamp of some sort to attach to it in order to do some sort of work? Or, maybe it was just a make do solution to making the stool easier to move from one place to another? I don't know (through would love to know, if you do!)