Fedoskino Russian lacquer box Purchased in Kiev, Ukraine in 1997 In Great Vintage Condition! Crack is shown in the inside close up shot #9 6 1/2" across stamp ion the inside of lid (photo #3) Hand painted and signed by artist and the school. (faint but show in the last photo) All pieces are in great 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.