Sheffield Cutlers or Buffers Stools

Sheffield Cutlers or Buffers Stools.
 
English, circa 18th Century.
Origin: Sheffield, England
 
Dimensions:
Smaller H:46 cm (18inch) W:40cm (16 inch) D:24 cm (9 inch).
Taller: H57cm ,22.4-inch W:60cm 23.6inch
D: 48cm 19inch
Legs: W: 33cm x D: 40 cm.
 
Constructed of oak and elm, Wonderful pieces of social history vernacular, and industrial history.
Fantastic colour, grain and patina from years of use. These beautiful stools are unique to the Sheffield cutlery and silver industry and were made by the workers themselves from the late 18th Century onwards, this being an early example.
According to folklore the cutler would use the offcut from their bench and fashion some legs to create their own work stool.
These stools bare rare unique features including carved initials including a finely carved ‘JM’ and strike & burn marks, and rough patina acquired from decades of intensive use in 19th-century Sheffield blade-making workshops
Condition Original condition, with great age, wear and patina.
We don’t think you can ever have enough of these little stools. They’re perfect to put a drink on by a sofa or chair. Or equally useful by the bath.
 
x 2 in stock