Vtg 1994 Vaillancourt Folk Art Santa Riding Shooting Star #206 Display Figurine
Very good vintage condition overall. The hand-painted chalkware Santa figure and shooting star display excellent, vivid color with fine hand-painted details intact. Minor surface wear, dust, and handling marks are present consistent with age and display. The underside of the base shows moderate surface scuffing and smudging, along with hand-written personalization notes in black ink ("To Jeff Merry Christmas Love Mom"). The metal support rod holds the figure securely to the wooden base.
Up for sale is a rare vintage 1994 Vaillancourt Folk Art chalkware display piece featuring Father Christmas riding a yellow shooting star (#206). Handcrafted in Sutton, Massachusetts, this piece features a detailed Santa in a traditional red coat mounted on a metal post over a dark painted rectangular wooden base accented with white painted stars.
The piece is fully marked on the underside of the base: "Vaillancourt Folk Art, Sutton, Mass'tts, # 206, 1994" alongside the trademark copyright inscription "800 Star 1994 all rights reserved". The figure measures approximately 8 inches long across the star and stands on its original display base.
Founded by Judi and Gary Vaillancourt in Sutton, Massachusetts, Vaillancourt Folk Art is world-renowned for producing high-end, hand-painted chalkware collectibles using original 19th-century vintage antique chocolate molds. Each piece is poured, dried, hand-painted, and individually hand-numbered by skilled artisans in their Massachusetts studio, making every piece unique and highly sought after by Christmas folk art collectors.
