2 piece set Fedoskino Russian Frog Prince lacquer box Purchased in Kiev, Ukraine in 1997 In Vintage Condition! Very Minor scuffs and cracks on the bottom. Cracks are noticed by close up shots in photos so I will point them out. Small crack on the Prince box, lower left on the small frogs bottom and by his boot. Minor lacquer crack on the top right black area of the Princess box and crack at the bottom of her dress next to the frog "fabric". See photos for measurements. Hand painted and signed by artist and the school. (faint but show in the last photo) All pieces are in vintage condition. Artists from Fedoskino, the birthplace of Russian lacquer miniatures, use a more realistic style of painting than the other villages. They also use oil paints for their drawings instead of the egg-based temperas. Three to four layers of the oil paints, along with seven coats of lacquer, are applied to each box before it is completed. This layering brings out a radiant quality in the drawings and the colors seem to emanate from within. Sometimes, an underlay of gold leaf or mother of pearl enhances this radiance and adds a lovely iridescence of its own.