Golden Cockerel Christmas Eve Scenic Nesting Doll 10pc. /10

  
This beautiful, scenic Christmas nesting doll depicting a snow-covered Christmas Eve in Russia was painted by Irina Kummer, the artist who also paints our very popular Silverhoof nesting doll. With the full moon shining in the black night sky, Russian peasants journey home through the snow to a holiday shared with family in warmly lit country houses. This snowy stacking doll has been a perennial favorite among discerning collectors for quite a few years.

Because painting it each piece takes such time and talent, Kummer seems to have plenty of job security as she continually strives to keep up with demand. See her other lovely dolls in the Designs by Kummer collection. This nesting doll was carved in the Upper Volga region, the Russian center of nesting doll carving.

The carved pieces were assembled, doll inside a doll, and then delivered to the Golden Cockerel workshop in St. Our artists painstakingly hand paint every detail, beginning with backgrounds and moving to the finer elements that require a brush of very select Siberian squirrel hair. It is daunting to think of the time and talent invested in each of the nesting pieces! Finally we baptize each doll in multiple layers of non-toxic water-based lacquer to make a marvelous matryoshka that will delight children and collectors. The bottom of the largest doll gets stamped with Golden Cockerel's "Made in Russia " mark of nesting doll quality, initialed by the artist, and dated like a true collectible. We can only hope you will give it a good home.