Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume art glass bottle standing before him

standing before him

I'm pretty taken with this antique wooden sign decorated with pyrography

Really a sweet little piece

It measures 24 1/2" tall x 21" wide x 1" deep

Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume art glass bottle standing before himI'm really taken with this little papier mache doll, so finely constructed and painted, and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure!) I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls, handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s, with traditional costumes representing all of the states of the Soviet Union at the time. She, in shades of white, blue and yellow,