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Cute yellow Porcelain Matroyshka Russian doll with black onyx beads and decorative findings pendant with Euro style bail that will fit on all Euro style necklaces and bracelets as well as many chains, cords and wires.

The pendant dangles 2" and makes a fashion statement and would be a great gift. The matching earrings are also available.

A matryoshka doll is a Russian nesting doll (Russian: Матрёшка) which is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter at Abramtsevo. Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a sarafan, a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant jumper dress. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby lathed from a single piece of wood. Much of the artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be very elaborate. The dolls often follow a theme, aside from the typical traditional peasant girls, the themes vary, from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders. Got several sets when I went to Russia years ago and when I saw the beads I had to have them.

porcelin beads,onyx beads, silvertone findings