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    • Crafts [Ремесло]

    Ремесло (remeslo) is the Russian term for 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. After a while, skilled artisans moved to villages, towns and cities, where they 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 what we have here by clicking on any of the images. Lots of unique items and all are subject to prior sale.  

    • Double Salt with Ornament (Солонка Двойная с Орнаментом). An interesting and unusual art-quality souvenir from 1979 designed and created by Vladimir Rufovich Gorbunov. Vladimir Rufovich was born in the city of Bor in the Nizhny Novgorod region in 1940. He graduated from the Semenovskoye School of Wood Carving and the Faculty of History and Philology of the Nizhny Novgorod University. For many years he was the leading artist of the Shumerlya Wood Carving Workshop (a branch of the Art Fund of the Union of Artists of Chuvashia). The workshop produced thousands of wooden souvenirs based on his sketches. Chuvashia, aka the Chuvash Republic, is located in Russia between Kazan and Moscow, in the center of the Volga-Vyatka economic region.

      Double Salt with Ornament, Chuvash Republic

      Double Salt with Ornament (Солонка Двойная с Орнаментом). An interesting and unusual art-quality souvenir from 1979 designed and created by Vladimir Rufovich Gorbunov. 6½" length, 3⅞" height, bowls are 2½" in diameter. In near fine...
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    • Cutting Board (Доска разделочная). Done in the Khokhloma style, highlighting the friendly half-bird, half-human creature, who is Alkonost, and akin to the Sirin. Basically, two sides of the same coin. They lived on the Island of Buyan and were distinguished by their beautiful voices. According to folk tales, at the morning of the Apple Feast of the Saviour day, the Sirin enters an apple orchard and sadly cries. In the afternoon, her counterpart, the Alkonost, enters and rejoices and laughs. Alkonost brushes dew from her wings, granting healing powers to all the fruits near her.

      Alkonost cutting board

      Cutting Board (Доска разделочная). Done in the Khokhloma style, highlighting the friendly half-bird, half-human creature, who is Alkonost, and akin to the Sirin. Basically, two sides of the same coin. They lived on the Island of Buyan and were...
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    • Boretskaya Painted Shallow Dish (Расписная Миска "(Борецкая"). An elderly balalaika player sits on a beam. His costume is traditional peasant, including "lapti" (straw footwear). Elegant handmade linden wood dish is painted with gouache paints and covered with a matte varnish. Made in 1992, bottom is signed by the artist "Левинская".

      Boretskaya Decorative Shallow Dish [Northern Dvina]

      Boretskaya Painted Shallow Dish (Расписная Миска "(Борецкая"). An elderly balalaika player sits on a beam. His costume is traditional peasant, including "lapti" (straw footwear). Elegant handmade linden wood dish is painted with gouache paints and...
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    • Vintage Moldovan doll souvenirs. The handsome guy is "Тындалэ" (Tyndale), who, in Moldovan folklore, is a young daredevil. In folk tales, he is a foil to "Pekale" (Пэкалэ), more or less his alter ego, who is not here. Both are clever lads, sharp and good-natured. The other doll is a shepherd herder with staff and his herd: two sheep at his feet. All are authentic Moldovan hand made dolls, circa 1980s-90s. Material is cloth, wood, and hard and soft plastic.

      Vintage Moldovan ethnic dolls [Set of 2]

      Vintage Moldovan doll souvenirs. The handsome guy is "Тындалэ" (Tyndale), who, in Moldovan folklore, is a young daredevil. In folk tales, he is a foil to "Pekale" (Пэкалэ), more or less his alter ego, who is not here. Both are clever lads, sharp and...
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    • Vintage Moldovan doll souvenirs. One is "Фудудул", which means Proud (or Haughty in reference to the pose assumed by the young man depicted, no doubt). Then there's "Поамэ", which means Poem and the third, missing its title tag, is "Дойна", which means Song. Authentic Moldovan hand made dolls, circa 1980s-90s. Material is cloth, wood, and hard and soft plastic.

      Vintage Moldovan ethnic dolls [Set of 3]

      Vintage Moldovan doll souvenirs. One is "Фудудул", which means Proud (or Haughty in reference to the pose assumed by the young man depicted, no doubt). Then there's "Поамэ", which means Poem and the third, missing its title tag, is "Дойна", which means...
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    • 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 "Krushka" 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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    • "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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    • Christ the Saviour Cathedral (Храм Христа Спасителя в Москве). Rostov miniature enamel painting in its original oak frame. Image is 4½"x2½" and overall dimensions are 5½"x 7".

      Christ the Saviour Cathedral Finift in Frame

      Christ the Saviour Cathedral (Храм Христа Спасителя в Москве). Rostov miniature enamel painting in its original oak frame. Image is 4½"x2½" and overall dimensions are 5½"x 7". Excellent condition. 1 only. The Cathedral of Christ the...
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