Lacquer Box Palekh Laquer box Palekh Fairy tale about gold the cock

Lacquer Box Palekh Laquer box Palekh Fairy tale about gold the cock

Welcome to the world of Russian fairy tales. The usage of the plots from them shows the general trend in the modern souvenir business: cheap useless ware isn’t in demand any more. In this online gift shop you’ll find only high quality Russian souvenirs and presents. Gold is a noble material and can be found in nature seldom. People have been making adornments and crockery of this metal since ancient times. In Russia such crockery was used only during rich tsars’ and boyards’ feasts. Besides the colored crockery (mainly in red) was painted with tinsel. Tinsel is thin leaves of this metal that are stuck to the places that are marked in advance. Such methods were well-known to iconographers and miniaturists, the craftsmen who decorated hand-written books with drawings and patterns.