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Moscow McDonald's Promo [1990]

McDonald's Promo Matryoshka. To commemorate the opening of the Moscow McDonald's in 1990, a special two-sided painted matryoshka was commissioned and given to the first customers. One side has three Ronalds, the other side three Semenov girls...

Brest "Red Shawl" 7nest [Vintage]

Brest "Red Shawl" Maidens Nesting Doll. A vintage Brest matryoshka with a domestic paper label on the bottom of the first doll. Bright and unusual colors with lots of raised dots which add texture to each piece. Excellent condition. 7 nest,...

Ukrainian Girl Matryoshka [Vintage]

Ukrainian Maidens Nesting Doll (Український Дев Матрьошка). Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine had a small, but energetic production center for dolls with traditional Ukrainian colors and design motifs. These dolls were not produced in great...

Mushroom Picking [Vintage]

Mushroom Picking Vintage Matryoshka. An unusual 4 piece matryoshka. The motif is a girl wearing an orange kerchief and red sarafan carrying a basket and picking mushrooms. It's exact origin is a bit of a mystery, but the most common information for it...

Warrior Box [Vintage Moldova]

Warrior Box. Moldavia USSR (today Moldova). Unusual hand made and painted warrior (воиничел) box with factory label on the bottom that identifies it as from 1973 and made in the Tiraspol Factory of Souvenirs ("Тираспольская фабрика сувениров"). As...

Folk Costume Couple Estonia SALVO

Vintage SALVO Estonian Folk Costume Peg Dolls. Painted wood. Made in the Salvo Factory during the Soviet period. 4¾" in height, 3" wide at the bottom. Nicely preserved. 1 pair only. Salvo was a pre-Soviet plastics factory, founded in 1948 as a...

Matryona Bogorodsk Matryoshka

Matryona from Bogorodsk. Matryona (or Matrona) is derived from the Latin, which means a married woman. It also can be defined as "honorable lady", "mother of the family", or simply "mother". In some circles, matryona can be diminuated to matryoshka. A...

Matryoshka Perfume Case [Crimea] USSR

Matryoshka Perfume Case[Crimea] USSR (Матрешка для духов [Крым] СССР). Popular in the day 1970s nesting doll case that helds a glass vial of rose perfume (now missing). Made in the "Krymskaya Rosa" ("Крымская Роза") plant. Painted wood, plastic base. 3"...

Vintage Matka Nesting Doll [Poland]

Vintage Matka from Poland. This is a larger, and earlier, set of dolls than what we commonly come across. A few decades ago, Polish artisans produced nesting dolls that were exported to the US, as well as elsewhere. This set of six women in descending...

Napoleonic War Bogorodsk Matryoshka

War of 1812 (Napoleonic War) Officer (Офиссер (Наполеоновская война). Initialed by the artist in Russian, "Bogorodskoye" in Russian, "Russia" in English, and the date 1999. 3 nest, 3⅝" x 2". About fine condition. 1 only. Bogorodsk is not known as a...

Napoleonic War Bogorodsk Matryoshka

War of 1812 (Napoleonic War) Line Infantry Drummer (Барабанщик линейной пехоты (Наполеоновская война). Initialed by the artist in Russian, "Bogorodskoye" in Russian, "Russia" in English, and the date 1999. 3 nest, 3⅝" x 1⅞". About fine condition. 1 only...

Matriarch [Poland]

Polish Matriarch. For quite a while, Poland was actively producing nesting dolls that were exported to the US, as well as elsewhere. But not many have survived in good shape, as they were meant to be played with, and often were beat up with pieces...

Mordovia "Erzyanka" [Vintage Bottle Case]

Mordva (Мордовия) Matryoshka Small Bottle Case, or Holder. This vintage small bottle holder, or box, is uncommon in our experience. It's name is  "Erzyanka", and it came from the Meltsan woodworking plant. "Made in USSR" stamp on the bottom. 1980s...