Matryoshka NEW ARRIVALS

Matryona Bogorodsk Matryoshka

Matryona Matryoshka from Bogorodsk. Matryona (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...

Bogorodskoye or Zagorsk Matryoshka

Vintage Zagorsk or Bogorodsk Maiden. A bit of a puzzler as to where she was made, this recursive blonde with green eyes has painted hands that hold a bouqet. Painting style resembles pre-1991 decorations. 7 nest, 7¾" to small. About fine condition...

Sergiev Posad Ginger Maidens [Vintage]

Sergiev Posad Ginger Maidens [Vintage]. Colorful flowers decorate this set of ginger maidens.  Decorative elements include painting, woodburning and natural wood. An interesting flattened doll is the last piece. Sergiev Posad, circa 1995-99. ...

Yoscar-Ola Matryoshka

Yoshkar-Ola (Yoscar-Ola) is a Russian city and the capital of the Mari El Republic. The name literally means Red City in the language of the Mari. These dolls were sometimes referred to as Marijaha dolls. The dolls are tightly nested and painted in...

Naro-Fominsk Vintage Doll

This little beauty was made in Naro-Fominsk in the 1980s. (You can learn its history from the link below.) It is in like new condition, which is uncommon, as these dolls had a tendency to chip. Very collectible and scarce, as are most of the Naro-Fominsk...

Hospitality Maiden Matryoshka

Hospitality Maidens from Sergiev Posad. This mid-1990s pastel matryoshka doll has beautiful eyes and rosy cheeks. The first carries bread and salt, the symbol of welcome and hospitality. Colorfully painted, enhanced with wood burning highlights, and some...

Chukchi Yakut Matryoshka

Chukchi Yakut Matryoshka (Чукотская Якутская Матрешка). An elegant hand painted set of Yakut maidens enhanced with the beasts and fowl of Siberia. Beautifully detailed, finely finished with a silken smooth lacquer, and signed by the artist on the bottom...

Vintage Matriarch [Poland]

Vintage Matriarch from Poland. This is a larger, and earlier, set of dolls than what are commonly come across. For quite a while, Poland was actively producing nesting dolls that were exported to the US, as well as elsewhere. Not many survived in good...

Orthodox Churches [Vintage]

Orthodox Churches (Православные церкви России). Classic wooden churches were engraved using the wood burning technique "pyrography", a.k.a "writing with fire". Each detailed church is centrally placed with many surrounding embellishments, including...

Young Girl with Flowers Matryoshka

Young Girl with Flowers (Молодая девушка с цветами). An alluring set of dark blue-eyed snow maidens. This nesting doll is painted and then enhanced with raised pearl dot enhancements and silver and gold foil. Beautifully detailed and very serene. Signed...

Sergiev Posad "Irinka" [Vintage 10-nest]

Sergiev Posad "Irinka". A beautiful vintage set of 10 from 2003. Signed "Иринка" on the bottom of the first doll. Shades of light and deep blue on a white background. The first piece has been copiously decorated with raised white dots for the intricate...

Sergiev Posad "Cobalt Flowers" [Vintage]

Sergiev Posad "Cobalt Flowers". A striking vintage set of 5 from 1993. Signed "Елена" on the bottom of the first doll. Each piece has a shiny gold foil kokoshnik and fiery red blonde hair. The shades of blue on white evokes the art of Gzhel painting on...

Sergiev Posad "Flower" Miniature [Vintage]

Sergiev Posad Miniature "Flowers" Matryoshka. Elegant vintage doll with lots of detail in a small space. Wood burnt outlines, blue-turquoise and gold potal details (gold foil that imitates gilding) and paints. The top of the first doll is enhanced with...

Elegant Ladies from Sergiev Posad [Vintage]

Elegant Ladies from Sergiev Posad (Элегантные дамы из Сергиева Посада). A fine example of a miniature art doll from Sergiev Posad with many enhancements and decorative elements. The potal beading (gold foil that imitates gilding) is strategically placed...

Sergiev Posad "Samovar" Miniature [Vintage]

Sergiev Posad Miniature "Samovar" Matryoshka. Elegant vintage doll with lots of detail in a small space. Wood burnt outlines, potal beading (gold foil that imitates gilding) and paints. The tops of each doll are enhanced with many small raised white...

Crows from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Crows (Вороны). Inspired by Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, this set is an original artist design, and not, by any stretch of the imagination, a standard tourist doll sold in the marketplaces in Russia, nor was it made in China (don't...

Polkh Maidan 5nest

Polkhov Maidan Matryoshka. This is an unusual pear-shape Polkh doll that probably dates to about 10-15 years ago. The style of the doll as made by the turners has changed. The facie has definitely changed, less folk art, and more bemused. Also, note the...

Kalinin Bogatyr Matryoshka

Bogatyrs and the Heiress to the Throne (Богатыри и наследница престола). Vintage matryoshka from Kalinin (today Tver). Paint, woodburning, lacquer. "Made in USSR" red/black paper label. Circa mid-1980s or earlier. 4 nest, 6" to 1½". Like new...

Polkh Maidan 4nest 1970s

Polkhov Maidan/Krutets Matryoshka.  Krutets is a village in the Vladimir region and is a neighbor to Polkhovsky Maidan, which is its bigger sister. The styles of the two villages, are similar. This set exhibits the inherent childlike naivete. ...

"Potal" Matryoshka

Potal (Поталь) Matryoshka Doll. Potal is a form of gold foil decoration (the foil is called Potal) that imitates gilding and enameling. In addition to the foil decoration, each doll is enhanced with wood burning (pokerwork) and painted features. From...