Multicolored Nesting Doll 10pc./5"

Not only will you be surprised the number of dolls in this potbelly nesting doll set, but you'll be delighted by the many colors that one matryoshka can contain. Each of the ten nesting pieces features a different color, adding immensely to the fun as you open up the doll: what color will be next? One thing is consistent as you explore the many pieces of this doll, namely all are hand painted with lovely pink and white flowers, a showcase of the Russian mazok painting style whereupon two pigments are added with one brush stroke in a perfect blend. This is one of the first dolls I would want in my matryoshka collection...

Production Techniques: Hand Painting. This nesting doll was carved in the Upper Volga region, the Russian center of nesting doll carving. The carved pieces were assembled, doll inside a doll, and then delivered to the Golden Cockerel workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia. Our artists painstakingly hand paint every detail, beginning with backgrounds and moving to the finer elements that require a brush of very select Siberian squirrel hair. It is daunting to think of the time and talent invested in each of the nesting pieces! Finally we baptize each doll in multiple layers of non-toxic water-based lacquer to make a marvelous matryoshka that will delight children and collectors. The bottom of the largest doll gets stamped with Golden Cockerel's "Made in Russia " mark of nesting doll quality, initialed by the artist, and dated like a true collectible. We can only hope you will give it a good home.