Nesting Teapot Dolls

 

Glenn brought this set of Matryoshka dolls, and several other sets, from the 

market in Moscow years ago.  As you can see, they are dated 1992.  

These are known as babushka dolls, stacking dolls, nesting dolls, Russian tea dolls, 

or Russian dolls.  They are a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed

one inside another.  The name matryoshka means "little matron"

He picked this fun set for me because of the teapots.

A set of matryoshkas consists of a wooden figure, which separates at the

middle, top from bottom, to reveal a smaller figure of the same sort inside, 

which has, in turn, another figure inside of it, and so on. 

According to my research, the first Russian nested doll set was made in 1890.

I had forgotten about this set until our church children's minister

asked who had a set she might borrow for an activity. 

I was happy to loan the set for her to use. 

And, I learned she and her husband are major tea drinkers!