Antique Turned, Painted Wooden Croquet Stakes molding plaque (Photos show uneven lighting

(Photos show uneven lighting

Light bumping to the corners and it looks perhaps as if it was kept in an album with corner frames

as with the two "captive" rings on the stem of this one

with just a bit of wear/loss of white paint--plus some white paint spatters on his wooden legs

and some notes about having made the acquaintance of "a very highly accomplished and beautiful young lady" from Humbolt

Antique Turned, Painted Wooden Croquet Stakes molding plaque (Photos show uneven lightingYum! Ive really fallen in love with the look of late 19th century croquet posts, with their sculptural forms and interesting color palettesand the surface of these is wonderfully alligatored to boot. Great use of white paint on the narrow bands of this pair, too. Scuffs and scattered paint loss all over as well as soil stains to the pointy tips, all attesting to the fact that these have seen many a match. I think these are great mounted on the wall