Removing paint splatter from stained wood

I have a cherry rope bed that I bought out of a garage at an estate sale.
I was rubbing it with some howards because over all its in really great shape. I was kind of hoping the solvents in the howards would loosen and remove the paint but no such luck.

How should I go about removing the paint without causing serious harm?

 

well I think it adds character .......

 

I have used a dab of baby oil and it comes right off with a light fingernail touch.

 

Need something to soften it a bit as above. Mineral spirits would be worth a try as well. Sometimes just soap and water. Need to scrape it off with fingernail or a wood shim. If really stubborn you may need to use a razor blade. The latter may affect the finish a bit but, if careful, should not take it down to the wood. A little touch up afterward should be easy enough.

BTW, I see maple rather than cherry. Could be persuaded otherwise with more pics but what I see in pic #2 looks definitively maple.

 

It very may well be maple! I was just going off what the tag called it. They may have been basing it off color.

Any idea on the era?
I tried searching some yesterday on cannonball beds, but the only ones I could really date were the empire era

 

I think this is probably 1850-70.

 

Early rope beds went into the late 1700's....on into the 1800's......yours looks VERY nice, regardless!!!

 

I am seeing some similar beds being called Federal period which would put it late 18th century to early 19th century. While I can see some similarity to the style, it doesn't scream such to me. The larger mass on yours is throwing me off a bit and why I put it to a later period. It may well be a country piece and, as a consequence, harder to date since conventions sometimes went out the window and styles persisted longer.

 

I was thinking it favored federal, but lacked the " daintiness" that I usually attribute with it.

Its heavy as lead.
I was thinking a possible country piece as well because some of the lower railings you can see knots and places where they would have taken a branch off.
...but i didn't know if that was normal for mass production on such beds