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Nesting Doll Collection
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| The set that started it all back in the 1960s - much faded, but much loved | Traditional cat and kittens counting set | Family |
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| Girl with basket - a common theme | Colours similar to canal art | Russian churches |
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| Detailed churches and landscapes | Burnt poker work with gold paint | Old man with beard |
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| < 3 simple Polish sets > | ||
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| Russian leaders | Snow maiden | Flowers |
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| Simple Russian set | Flatter heads on these dolls | Swiss Children |
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| Use of straw for the flowers. Look carefully - this is a ten piece set! | Bullet maidens | Soldiers in armour |
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| Three little pigs with big bad wolf | Reverse of three little pigs | Cat with cat |
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| Playing card King, Queen and Knave | Sailors | Bears |
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| Elephants | Even shady characters are depicted | Cheap sets flood the market |
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| Dutch girls | Indian version of original Semenov doll | Three bears |
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| Night sky and sun | Old map of the world | Rabbits |
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| Ducks | Humpty Dumpty with all the king's men | Note the string hair and tuft on the baby |
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| Clowns - front | Clowns - reverse | |
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| Nautical - front | Nautical - reverse. All hiding grog! |
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The Art of the Russian Matryoshka |
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