Woman with Chickens Antique American Folk Art Painting, A. Legoff, 1908 marble shoes but definitely this produced some

but definitely this produced some sort of elephant

such a beautiful shape

I believe these may be early prototypes: there is a hand-painted signature on the bottom of one that says only "A"

There is another horse drawing I purchased together with this one (listed separately) signed Samuel Joseph

from what I understand Spillikins originated in China but became very popular as a parlor game in Victorian England

Woman with Chickens Antique American Folk Art Painting, A. Legoff, 1908 marble shoes but definitely this produced someI believe the A. Legoff who signed the back of this painting and dated in 1908 was Amelia Legoff, born in 1882 in Canada, who lived as of the 1940 census in Winslow, Maine. And perhaps it is Amelia herself at the center of the painting in her red dress and apron, facing toward her house with two faithful chickens at her heels! It is the three of them that really makes this painting for me, making it feel very true in capturing a daily ritual in a