What is the name of the toy with the big doll over the little doll?

The toy of a big doll over a small doll is called Russian nesting doll.

Russian nesting dolls (Russian: матрёшка) is a Russian specialty wooden toys, generally by a number of the same pattern of hollow wooden dolls a set of a composition, up to more than a dozen, usually cylindrical, the bottom of the flat can be upright.

Colors include red, blue, green and purple. The most common design is a girl in Russian national costume, called a matryoshka, which has become the common name for these dolls.

The dolls appeared in Russia in 1890, and before that there were wooden apples and Easter eggs, which were a crown with a hen and an egg with a yolk inside.

It is said that the painter Mariutin saw a set of toys of the Seven Blessed Gods, with a bald birthday boy at the outermost part, and seven idols sheathed inside, and was inspired to design a set of toys, engraved by the artisan Svidoshkin, who drew them himself, of a girl sheathed in a young man, and then another girl, etc., and lastly, a baby.

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Secret #1: Look at the price. It goes without saying that handmade ones are definitely more expensive than mass-produced ones. If you are worried that you do not have the "discerning eye", then go to a regular store to buy, although it may cost a little more money, but at least buy a lot of solid.

Secret Tip 2: Look at the process. Pure hand-colored condoms, touch is not smooth enough, there is a bumpy feeling. And with the machine spray color sets, is much smoother. This is the same as we use a brush to paint on the wooden door and spray paint with an airbrush to produce the same difference.

Secret three: look at the selection of materials. The set is made of wood, good wood can ensure that the set after many years is still intact, not to crack or deformation. When selecting, choose to use the whole piece of wood production, and there should be no cracks or splicing traces.

Secret 4: Look at the bottom. Russian nesting dolls made by a famous artist, the producer will be the outermost one at the bottom of the nesting dolls labeled with the number of sets of this set of nesting dolls, and signed his name. This is the most simple and effective identification method.

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