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Crafts [Ремесло]

Ремесло (remeslo) are traditional crafts made in small and medium-scale workshops based on handicraft skills and a limited division of labor within the workshop. Ремесло labor, after separating from agricultural labor, was initially developed within feudal estates. Skilled artisans then moved to village, towns and cities, and began to organize as артели (artels), or guilds. The traditions of these guilds were built up and passed on over hundreds of years throughout Europe, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and elsewhere (as well as in countries in Western Europe). We invite you to explore in more detail by clicking on any of the images. Most items unique and subject to prior sale.  

  • Vintage Scandinavian Folk Art Couple. Hand made, painted and assembled at Mogens Eigenbrod in Bogense, Denmark. Probably 1960s or '70s. This couple has been together for a long while, judging by their white hair. And yet, their expressions are youthful. Woman is about 4½" in height, he's a bit taller.

    Vintage Mogens Eigenbrod Couple [Denmark]

    Vintage Scandinavian Folk Art Couple. Hand made, painted and assembled at Mogens Eigenbrod in Bogense, Denmark. Probably 1960s or '70s. This couple has been together for a long while, judging by their white hair. And yet, their expressions are youthful...
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  • Vintage Krakow Costumes Poland Dolls. Lalki Regionalne, Warsaw. Distributed by the Cepelia Union of Handicrafts  dressed in regional costumes on wooden bases. Heads are not plastic. Painted faces. Late 1960s (or a bit earlier).

    Vintage Krakow Lalki Dolls [Poland]

    Vintage Krakow Costumes Poland Dolls. Lalki Regionalne, Warsaw. Distributed by the Cepelia Union of Handicrafts  dressed in regional costumes on wooden bases. Heads are not plastic. Painted faces. Late 1960s (or a bit earlier). Pair is 9¾" in...
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  • Birches (Березы). Natural Crushed Semi-Precious Stone Mini Painting on Serpentine. A elegant and stately birch tree stand in the forest. About the finest exponent of this art we've seen in a long time. Base is serpentine.

    Birches. Semi-Precious Stone Mini Painting on Serpentine.

    Birches (Березы). Natural Crushed Semi-Precious Stone Mini Painting on Serpentine. A elegant and stately birch tree stand in the forest. About the finest exponent of this art we've seen in a long time. Base is serpentine. Approximately 4" x 4". A few...
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  • Cup (Крушка). Folk art from Krutets at its finest. The painting is wildly naïve and primitive enough to suggest that it was done by children, which is not uncommon in the region, as art is encouraged at a young age. And the cup is probably for children, as well. 1970s or 1980s.

    Wooden Cup [Krutets]

    Wooden Cup (Крушка). Folk art from Krutets at its finest. The painting is wildly naïve and primitive enough to suggest that it was done by children, which is not uncommon in the region, as art is encouraged at a young age. And the cup is probably...
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  • This souvenir of Transcarpathian wines, manufactured in 1978, has survived intact. Made in the Mukachevo factory of art products (Мукачевская фабрика художественных изделий). Mukachevo is a city in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine, near Uzhgorod. As part of the USSR, Mukachevo became a large industrial center.

    Transcarpathian Wines Souvenir, mid-20th century

    This souvenir of Transcarpathian wines, manufactured in 1978, has survived intact. Made in the Mukachevo factory of art products (Мукачевская фабрика художественных изделий). Mukachevo is a city in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine, near Uzhgorod. As...
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  • Boretskaya Painted Spoons, pair (Расписные Борецкие Ложки (пара)

    Painted Spoons "Boretskaya", pair

    Painted Spoons, Boretsk, pair (Расписные Борецкие Ложки, пара). Exquisitely hand made linden soup spoons. Painted with gouache paints and covered with a shiny varnish. Circa 1980-1990.  7½" in length, bowls are 2½" wide. 1 pair only...
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  • Gorodets Decorative Board Hand Made and Painted in Russia

    Gorodets Painted Cutting Board

    Gorodets Decorative Board. Gorodets painting (Городецкая роспись) has its roots in the making and painting of spinning wheels and distaffs. It is a very old and cultured folk art and can range from complex paintings to simple genre scenes, as represented...
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  • "Golden Ring" Khotkovo Carved and Painted Box

    "Golden Ring" Khotkovo Carved and Painted Box

    "Golden Ring" Carved and Painted Box. Khotkovo, "Folk Art" workshop. Circa 1980-1990. Wood, Abramtsevo-Kudrino flat-relief geometrical carving, lathe turning, painting. Lid lifts off. Applied blue felt at the bottom of the piece. On one of the roundels...
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  • Pokerwork Double Headed Eagle Keepsake Box

    Pokerwork Double Headed Eagle Keepsake Box

    Pokerwork engraved wood jewelry box of the Russian Double Headed Eagle. From Russia, signed and dated by the artist. 4¼" diameter, 2½" tall. Clear lacquer finish, linden wood. Very good condition.  This item is well suited for the...
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