Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Bohemia glass with aging visible on the

with aging visible on the interior as documented

next to the artist’s name is writing in pencil

I believe the upper calendar portion of the originally  9 1/2 x 4 3/4” sheet was cut off

so too do I think one can never have too many chests of drawers

Handmade Papier Mache Russian Folk Doll in Lithuanian Costume Bohemia glass with aging visible on theI'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,