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Decorative Salt-Cellar
Salt in Russia always has been a symbol of hospitality. There has been a custom to meet the guests with bread and salt.That is why the craftsmen decorated the salt-cellar with special deligence.
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Luck Bird Bowl
This lovely bowl features a fairy-tale bird which is considered to bring happiness to the peaple. Thanks to its bright colors and ornaments the bowl will create a festive atmosphere.
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Dove Bowl
This lovely bowl has been handpainted by Russian craftsmen in the best traditions of the Russian Folk art. It features a dove which is considered to bring love to the people.
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Apple and Pear Boxes
These lovely boxes have been made in form of apple and pear. They could be a nice compliment to your interior.
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Mushroom Jewellery Boxes
These lovely boxes have been made in form of mushrooms and handpainted by craftsmen of Russian North.
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Big Painted Box with a Cover
The box features an young peasant girl and bird holding necklace in the beak. To get lost the necklace for young woman meant wedding in a little time.
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Bullfinch Round Boxes
Lovely bullfinches, a bird wich come flying to Russiaonly to pass the winter, decorate these boxes and create a festive atmosthere of the frosty Russian winter.
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Orange Boxes from Russia
Lovely birds, lush flowers, every day scenes, geometrical ornaments executed in the bright, festive colors decorate these boxes.
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Luck Bird Box
This marvelous box is decorated by lovely birds, which according to the ancient Russian notions they bring luck and hapiness to a home, geometrical ornaments and beautiful fairy-tale flowers.
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Mezen Oval Boxes
These attractive boxes were created in the Mezen painting style by a craftsman from Arkhangelsk. In spite of the very detailed painting it is very archaic style of the Russian North.
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Mezen Round Boxes
The deers and birds are protagonists of this painting style. Slavs believed that the deers fill a home with joy and birds – with hapiness.
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Decorative Big Hand-Painted Spoons
To cut out spoons in the ancient Russia was prestige, very difficult and creative profession. Even now you can find such spoons at almost every Russian home.
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