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I bought this- a chair of some sort. It is very small stands only 62cm high, just above my knee.
Was ridiculously cheap.
Woman in the charity shop told me it was a "Welsh Nursing chair" but admitted she was guessing.
Is is a child's chair? It is surprisingly comfortable, and atlthough the back is small does give some support.
The back has a carved flower- I am guessing a Tudor Rose- so maybe not Welsh.
There are also carvings of wheat or grass on the seat on the back.
How old?
Any ideas?

Milking stool

www.google.co.uk/search?q=milking+chair&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#imgrc=zciG_BYt7YqxkM:

Spinning stool

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No idea on age though.

Looks like what I think of as a nursing chair, and the Tudors were of Welsh origin.

Another vote for spinning tool.

STOOL!

It’s a Welsh spinning chair. No idea how old, but prob not a modern copy. The carvings might be flax plants.

Does it have 4 legs? Spinning chair?

www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/welsh-spinning-chair/92237

Ahh lots of cross posts whilst I was looking for pic

Oh so many replies thank you.

I had no idea the Tudors were Welsh- so that would fit in.

I am thinking spinning or nursing.
It would be the right height for milking but the legs are quite fine, so wouldn't stand up to the rough and tumble ( and animal waste) in a milking shed.
It may be a reproduction, no sign of screws. it only cost £1, I like it.

The Tudor symbol was originally a welsh dragon, they didn't use the rose until Henry VII became king.

I would love it if this turned out to be a genuine antique, something like one of the nursing stools from Henry VIII's nursery, and worth a fortune

(I do know that would be two roses not one btw)

It is a spinning stool, to use with a spinning wheel. Common here in Wales because of our woolen industry but used in other areas with sheep and wool production. I have one.

Doesn’t look very old to me, might be 70s.

They are still used by hand spinners, they aren’t always old.

Yes, the carving is flax I'm certain of that- and flax fibres are spun to make textiles.
THis is an education here!!

I don't mind if it is a 70s reproduction, it's a lovely little thing, I like it anyway, and cost me pennies.

I would also say spinning stool.

I don't think knit has a great age to it, but I do really love it and for £1! What a lovely find.

I really appreciate all the input- thank you.

It's so lovely and for £1! Whereabouts in the country are you?

I'm in East coast Scotland- so quite a distance from Wales.

It is a spinning stool but where do you live with such cheap charity shops? Ours are all platinum standard apparently! Great find, well done!

Lots of spinning in Scotland. They aren’t a Welsh thing in particular. They are only associated with Wales due to touristy pictures of Welsh women with spinning wheels. Anywhere with sheep and a woollen industry has spinners.

Actually, the flower carving on the back might be a flax flower as well. It’s not a proper Tudor rose, which is a double rose. But a flax flower has five petals like that.

Yes maybe Scottish- it is the Rose motif that doesn't point to Scotland.

If it is a modern Scottish reproduction - aimed at tourist industry I would have expected a thistle emblem.

Scots are not really into their Tudor Roses unsurprisingly!