Artists Matryoshka Red with scarf (3 nested set)
Artists Matryoshka / nesting doll / Russian doll
The first matryoshka ( nesting doll ) was produced by Sergei Malutin in Sergiev Posad in 1890 painted on a set of dolls produced by Vasily Zvyozdochkin. As Matryoshki became popular other places such as Vyatka and Semenov also started specialising in their production.
This set is a handpainted artists set and they are a little more rare than the traditional sets. Each of them is more likely to be somewhat unique as well so they make an ideal collectors set.
Whether you consider this set a collectors piece or not these wooden toys are still a great way to help kids to develop hand and eye coordination (recommended for children three years and above). You can stack the nesting dolls on top of each other or maybe play a little game of guess what’s inside with your little ones. Whatever game you want to play, and whatever you call these dolls, whether stacking dolls, nesting dolls, Russian dolls or Matryoshka your kids will enjoy the real life interaction and the fun.
We should add that these matryoshka are not traditionally called Babushka dolls and that babushka actually means grandmother in Russian.
Imported by Babushka / Babushkas the original Matryoshki* specialist / Melbourne / Dunedin / Berkshire
* Russian nesting dolls / Russian stacking dolls - matryoshki is plural and matryoshka singular.
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