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

with aging visible on the interior as documented

I first grabbed this wooden egg for its beautiful exterior

This is a terrific old dark wood pie crimper or pastry wheel with a turned wood handle and handy hook on the end

not simply for the tourist market

The Ibis in Egyptian culture was traditionally associated with Thoth the god of wisdom and writing

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,