Chicks Eating Strawberries, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board, Original Frame 1865 sampler I believe it was a

I believe it was a cast iron foot from an old bathtub that was turned upside down

Painted on heavy cardboard

I've always got an eye peeled for beautiful antique sets of Spillikins

that distinguish them as themselves an older set

Chicks Eating Strawberries, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board, Original Frame 1865 sampler I believe it was aSometimes a sweet and cheering old folk painting is just what's in order, and this one is very much that, making me very happy when I found it in inland southern Maine this week. Who can argue with fluffy yellow chicks and lushly ripe red strawberries? I love the big green cabbage leaf serving as a basket for the berries, too and the red dripping from the greedy little beaks of these two! Great carved wooden frame too in mellow gold paint, I believe