Figurine

Name/Title

Figurine

Entry/Object ID

2004.72.21

Description

Sherbrooke Fair ceramic figurene with short brown, fuzzy hair glued to a ceramic doll. It is painted with huge black eyes and lengthy eyelashes, red lips and a yellow dress and base. Fern Souther apparently wrote on the bottom of the figure that it was from "Sherbrook Fair, 1923," adding, "He didn't guess my wgt." Sherbrooke is a town in the Province of Quebec and is spelled with an "e" on the end, although that isn't what is written on the bottom of the statuette.

Context

A. Fern Souther (1907-2004) was born in Orleans, VT, grew up in Lowell, VT, was an elementary school teacher in Burlington, VT. and a collector of family keepsakes, teaching materials, and mementos relating to the places where she lived, worked or traveled during her lifetime. For more information, see the A. Fern Souther papers in the VHS Manuscript Catalog on line.

Acquisition

Accession

2004.72

Source or Donor

VHS Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Credit Line

Fern Souther Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Figurine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Statue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

5 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Ceramic, Wool

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Souther, A. Fern (1907-2004)

Related Places

Place

City

Sherbrooke

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America