Kirov, Nolinsk, Vyatka (Viatka)

SPECIAL * Vyatka 3-nest Matryoshka Doll

3-piece Vintage Vyatka Matryoshka. Also known as Vyatka "Uzor" Northern Maidens. "Uzor" is a Russian word that means "patterned weaving" and the hand-painted flowers on this traditional doll have some wonderful patterns in traditional colors of red,...

Vyatka "Uzor" Purple Matryoshka Doll [Vintage]

Vyatka "Uzor" Purple Northern Maidens. This variation of the typical Vyaka matryoshka is uncommon. The color purple, which seldom occurs in nature, is a bright highlight on each of the first, or head, doll of these 7-nested matryoshkas. "Uzor" ("Узор")...

Kirov "Straw" Matryoshka 5pc

Kirov Straw Inlay Matryoshka (Кировская Соломенная Инкрустация Матрешка). Made in the Kirov factory in the late 1980s. Over a hundred tiny pieces of colored straw were painstakingly inlaid into this doll in both a flower and in geometric patterns. The...

Kirov "Straw" Matryoshka Doll 6-pc

Straw Inlay Matryoshka Doll. Kirov Straw Inlay Maidens made in the Kirov factory in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Over a hundred tiny pieces of colored straw were inlaid into every doll in both flower and geometric patterns. The straw is a special...

Kirov "Straw" Matryoshka 7pc [Vintage]

Kirov Straw Inlay Matryoshka (Кировская Соломенная Инкрустация Матрешка). Made in the Kirov factory in the late 1980s. Over a hundred tiny pieces of colored straw were painstakingly inlaid into this doll in both a flower and in geometric patterns. The...

Vyatka 7nest "Enhanced Uzor" Matryoshka [Vintage]

Viatka "Uzor" Northern Maidens. Every so often, a doll comes our way that is different from the common "assembly line" matryoshka and that we've seldom seen. This occurs on the order of once per 100 or more. She is more sophisticated, and was decorated...