Vintage Russian Dolls: **SOLD**

Group of ten Russian handmade dolls Circa 1920's

These ten miniature dolls  were individually hand made, possibly in the 1920's. They  were given to me a few years ago by an elderly friend who said they'd been hers when she was a young girl living in Russia and that her uncle, a toy maker, made them for her. My friend was 102 years old when she passed away earlier this year.

VRMD#1

To preserve their market value, I've made no attempt to clean or fix them in any way.

  The material they are made from at first appeared to be balsa wood, but a hole in the bottom of one of the dolls, probably made by a nail the doll was attached to while it was being decorated, shows what appears to be some sort of composition material which is waxy and hard - so I do not really know what the material is. 
Many of the dolls have individually braided hair, which seems to be silk thread and the old style painted on clothes and faces are done in a naive style. Other materials used in decoration for hats, scarves, etc., are: a very fine tissue paper, vegetable husks, and what seems to be cotton or felt. Feathers in a hat look as if they came from a down pillow a very long time ago; they are quite worn. Each doll, except one has a label on the bottom with what appears to be the name of the doll in Russian.

I have posted photos of each doll, including the labels on the bottoms here as there were too many to post on the store On Etsy. If you are interested in purchasing or making a bid on the group click on any of the doll’s pictures you will return to www.LaloBean.etsy.com

These sweet family of sisters, as I've come to fondly regard them, would make a wonderful addition to any serious Russian doll collection.

VRD#4