Collector of New Year's toys. Collecting Christmas tree decorations
Today, a Christmas tree toy is not only a holiday decoration, but also a museum exhibit. Nowadays, Christmas tree decorations have become a source of pride for collectors; a tradition has emerged of presenting unusual and expensive Christmas tree decorations as gifts for Christmas. New Year.
Both our compatriots and foreigners collect our Christmas tree decorations. At Vernissage in Izmailovo they buy not only traditional nesting dolls, scarves and painted trays, but also old Soviet Christmas tree decorations.
One of the largest collections of Christmas tree decorations in the world was collected by American Kim Balashak, who has lived in Russia since 1995. The collection covers five periods: pre-revolutionary, twenties and thirties, years of the Great Patriotic War, post-war and, finally, the era of “development of socialist industry and growth of people's well-being” until 1965. The collection contains more than 2.5 thousand copies of Russian and Soviet toy, among which there are also unique ones - for example, a series of balloons depicting members of the Politburo. Or, for example, a large Christmas tree ball, which depicts the four main figures of that time: Stalin, Lenin, Marx and Engels. All these balls are very rare: they were produced only during one year, 1937, in Moscow.
While sorting through old boxes with Soviet Christmas tree decorations, I was touched: what they didn’t do in the Soviet Union: cosmonauts, cooks, huts on chicken legs, clocks, different vegetables and fruits, teapots and samovars, funny flat profiles of animals, cotton-wool Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens. And I found all this happiness on the mezzanine in wooden boxes at my grandmother’s. Real treasures! Look. What magical and solemn energy emanates from them, this is not modern shiny plastic from China.
Enjoy.
For several years now he has been collecting a collection of special Christmas tree decorations: antique ones, brought from travels, or simply ones that he wants to keep for many years. In this article, she will talk about the history of the appearance of toys in Russia, how she selects jewelry herself, where to buy them, how much they cost and how to create your own unique collection.
In the world of things that surround us every day, Christmas tree decorations occupy a special place. Are running out new year holidays, the Christmas tree is dismantled, the toys are packed into boxes and sent for storage until next December. From a practical point of view, a Christmas tree toy is a completely useless thing; it is designed to serve another purpose: to evoke nostalgia, revive memories and the most vivid images from childhood.
The hero of Stephen King’s novel “The Dead Zone” (1979), John Smith, said very correctly: “It’s so funny with these Christmas tree decorations. When a person grows up, little remains of the things that surrounded him in childhood. Everything in the world is transitory. Little can serve both children and adults. You will exchange your red stroller and bicycle for adult toys - a car, a tennis racket, a fashionable console for playing hockey on TV. Little remains of childhood. Only toys for the Christmas tree at my parents' house. The Lord God is just a joker. A great joker, he created not a world, but some kind of comic opera in which a glass ball lives longer than you.”
Each historical era created its own Christmas tree decorations. Pre-revolutionary Christmas tree decorations, for example, were fundamentally different from Soviet ones. The Russian Christmas tree was a product of German culture, because Germany is considered the first European country where they began to decorate a Christmas tree - this was in the 16th century. In the second half of the 19th century, spruce became a pan-German tradition. A description of the decorated classic German Christmas tree of the 19th century can be found in Hoffmann’s fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816): “The large Christmas tree in the middle of the room was hung with gold and silver apples, and on all the branches, like flowers or buds, grew sugared nuts, variegated candies and all sorts of sweets in general.” In Russia, the Christmas tree appeared after the decree of Peter I on December 20, 1699, but the tradition spread everywhere only at the beginning of the 19th century. In Tsarist Russia, the Christmas tree was an attribute of the privileged culture of the nobility and decorated the homes of merchants, doctors, lawyers, professors and government officials. The presence of a Christmas tree in the house testified to involvement in European culture, which greatly increased social status. From the second half of the 19th century century, the Christmas tree also appeared in the provinces, especially in those county towns where the German diaspora was strong.
The Christmas tree decorations that went on sale were only imported and were very expensive. Therefore, it was not easy for an ordinary city resident, even an intellectual, to decorate a Christmas tree. Due to the lack and high cost of Christmas tree decorations, and then due to tradition, even in aristocratic families, toys were made at home. True, there were public charity Christmas trees that allowed children from low-income families to attend the holiday.
Christmas tree decorations in Tsarist Russia contained religious symbols: the top of the tree was crowned with the Star of Bethlehem, angels and birds hovered here and there, apples and grapes hung - symbols of “heavenly” food, garlands, beads and wreaths - symbols of the suffering and holiness of Christ. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, the Christmas tree was decorated with toys made of papier-mâché, cotton wool, wax, cardboard, paper, foil and metal. Glass decorations were still imported, so the main place on the tree was occupied by “homemade” toys and edible decorations. It was they who endowed the Christmas tree with that festive smell that remains in the memory for a lifetime.
The absence of its own toy production in Tsarist Russia made the Russian Christmas tree completely apolitical and devoid of any national flavor. Russian toys from the reign of Nicholas II were hand-carved from wood, blown from glass, and painted in a few handicraft industries. Now these toys are kept in museums and private collections of lucky collectors. After the October Revolution, after 20 years of oblivion and prohibitions, the Christmas tree will be revived as a symbol of the new Soviet era and will become one of the main tools of the new ideology and education of patriotism.
My collection of Christmas tree decorations is not an object of worship for a fragile material thing. Each of them represents memories, emotions, unfulfilled hopes and dreams that still have a chance to come true someday. Already as an adult, I looked at ballet dancers with enthusiasm, admired their grace and elegance. My collection includes a weightless crystal dancer from Vienna and an antique glass ballerina with singed velvet legs, which I found on the eve of Christmas at Le Puce in Paris. Over the past few years, I have assembled a Russian ballet troupe from cotton wool - all these ballerinas come from pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russia. “Cotton” toys appeared in our country much earlier than glass ones, because the production of Christmas tree decorations from glass was incomparably more expensive than those made from papier-mâché, cotton wool and shreds. Now the situation has changed dramatically: a glass ball from the late 30s can be bought for 300–500 rubles, but the price of cotton figurines from this period starts from 3,000 rubles.
In my collection there is a clown from the “Circus” series (colored batting, painted, mica; 1936) and a reindeer herder (stearin, colored batting, painted, mica; 1930). By the way, circus performers appeared on the Soviet Christmas tree thanks to Stalin, who liked the film “Circus” with Lyubov Orlova in the title role. After the film was released in 1936, the tree was quickly decorated by acrobats and circus performers. The exploration of the North Pole also left its mark on the tree: deer, polar bears, Eskimos and skiers - all this was embodied in cotton wool, glass and cardboard. Soviet Christmas tree decorations reflected the events taking place in the country: red stars shone on the tree, cosmonauts and rockets took off into the sky in Gagarin's footsteps, agricultural products grew, and especially the queen of fields - Khrushchev's corn. The heroes of fairy tales celebrated the centenary of the death of A.S. Pushkin in 1937 - now the Old Man with a Net, Tsar Dadon, the Shahaman Queen, Alyonushka, Chernomor with the Bogatyrs and others fairy-tale heroes are coveted trophies by collectors all over the world. In 1948, Christmas tree decorations on clothespins appeared, and in 1957, sets of mini-toys were released in the USSR, which made it possible to decorate a Christmas tree even in the small space of a Khrushchev-era apartment with low ceilings. From the second half of the 60s, the production of Christmas tree decorations in the USSR was put on stream: with the development of factory production, Christmas tree decorations became as standardized as possible and practically lost their artistic and stylistic originality. By decision of the International Organization of Collectors of Christmas Tree Decorations Golden Glow, toys produced before 1966 are recognized as antique.
I advise you to look for the most interesting papier-mâché toys of the Soviet period at flea markets (for example, in Tishinka in December) and from sellers on the websites Molotok.ru and Avito.ru. The price of toys varies from 2,000 to 15,000 rubles, depending on the rarity and degree of preservation.
However, my goal is not to make my tree vintage; I want it to be unique and reflect the history of my family. And this story is happening right now! Now we can safely talk about a genuine revival of the production of Christmas tree decorations in our country: there has been a return from the use of glass-blowing machines to a unique manual method of blowing toys, filling them with special content and meaning, and using the best traditions of domestic folk craft. And I am very glad that today there is less and less fewer peoplĕ decorate the Christmas tree with plain, faceless balls. The trend of replacing the variegated and multi-colored Christmas tree with a pretentious designer Christmas tree “for adults” seems blasphemous to me! A laconic and discreet Christmas tree, creating a feeling of stylish luxury, is unlikely to impress anyone, leaving memories in the soul for many years. In my opinion, the bright diversity of Christmas tree decorations has never seemed to people either intrusive or vulgar: it is at the sight of a multi-colored and shining Christmas tree that I feel that special Christmas smell that is made up of smells pine forest, wax candles, baked goods and painted toys.
I spent my childhood with my grandmother in the village, so I have a special weakness for Christmas tree decorations with rustic motifs. A wonderful, but still rare exception among the Chinese abundance, are handmade Christmas tree decorations made by Russian glassblowers and artists: unique figurines from the majolica workshop of Pavlova and Shepelev, hand-painted balls and figurines from the Ariel company. Unique balls from the “Russian Traditions” series by SoiTa are painted using miniature painting techniques by artists from Palekh, Fedoskino, Mstera and Kholuy. Each of these balls is unique, made by hand (craftsmen spend two to four weeks making it) and can rightfully be called a work of art! In my collection there is a ball "Po pike command", which can be viewed endlessly! The majolica workshop of Pavlova and Shepelev is located in the city of Yaroslavl; you can order Christmas tree decorations on the website mastermajolica.ru (prices from 1,000 to 6,000 rubles); the plant for the production of Christmas tree decorations "Ariel" is located in Nizhny Novgorod, in Moscow their toys are widely represented in the Moscow book house (prices from 500 to 2,500 rubles); New Year's toys from SoiTa can be purchased on the website soita.ru (prices from 6,000 to 40,000 rubles).
IN last years I travel a lot and always bring back old and unusual Christmas tree decorations from my trips. On my last trip to New York, I walked into an absolutely incredible store owned by an old lady who loves Christmas. From under the More & More antiques counter, she pulled out treasures, the value of which for me is beyond doubt: clay figurines of animals and mermaids from Chile, Noah's Ark from Mexico, a glass skunk with a silver tail from Italy - I paid $148 for a large box of treasures! If you're in New York, stop by after visiting the National History Museum: the store is a five-minute walk from the museum.
Now the tree is neither an exquisite luxury for the rich, nor a joy for the elite, nor a fad for the spoiled, and on Christmas and New Year's Eve everyone can hang sparkling glass squirrels on the spruce paws.
1. Katya, was your collection born spontaneously?
On the one hand, the decision and desire to collect Christmas tree decorations can be called spontaneous. But if you think about it, everything falls into place! When I moved to Moscow five years ago, all my time was devoted to study and work. I lived in a rented apartment, which was in no way associated with the word “home”. So, at the beginning of my first December in Moscow, I went into the store " Scarlet Sails” and was stunned: it all sparkled and shimmered with the light of New Year’s lights and bulbs. There I first saw incredibly beautiful Christmas tree decorations, they appeared as if from my childhood memories, like a picture appears on a Polaroid photograph. And the most interesting thing is that they were exactly what I could have dreamed of - bright, sparkling nutcrackers, crocodiles, squirrels and clocks with neat paintings. Previously, I could only see these toys in movies or in pictures; there were no such toys in Soviet and post-Soviet times. I will always remember that evening, because it confirmed my thought: “If today I don’t have a home, and I can’t buy sofas and curtains, then let me have Christmas tree decorations. They symbolize warmth family traditions, and moving a small box to a new place is not so difficult.” And so it begins!
2. How many years have you been collecting Christmas toys?
About 7 years old.
3. How many exhibits are in your collection?
I didn’t count, but I believe that there are at least 600 pieces.
4. By what principle do you select new toys for your collection?
Today I am very selective - not like at first! Now I only buy very special toys. I always bring a few from each trip, so I always check where the antique shops and markets are in the new city. Often toys can be bought in shops at museums: in Vienna I found the heroes of Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “The Temptation of St. Anthony” - that was such a joy! As for purchasing in Moscow, I really love the Ariel toy factory - the highest quality of hand-painting and stories that are very close to everyone’s heart. In my opinion, this is incomparably better than the Chinese conveyor belt!
5. What is the oldest exhibit?
The oldest toys are Russian pre-revolutionary figures made of cotton wool, in my case ballerinas. There are toys from the late 19th century from Barcelona, but it should be noted that they are still heroes of the puppet theater, ideal in size to hang them on the Christmas tree.
6. Do you have any favorites?
Of course, everyone has their favorites! And as happens in life, favorites do not always occupy a justified place in our hearts. My favorite toys are gifts from my closest people. My favorite gifts are my husband's, such as the cotton acrobat he bought at the Flea Market our first Christmas together. Of course, I adore gifts from our parents, grandmothers, sisters, and friends! Everyone knows about my collection, so by the new year it is always replenished.
I’ve already told you that when I travel, I buy toys at flea markets and museum stores. Well, if you go during the “season”, then you can find something interesting at the Christmas markets. Although I found my most interesting specimens in the off-season, when less Chinese trash catches the eye. In Moscow, there is an excellent opportunity to buy antique jewelry at the traditional “Flea Market” in December, but the prices there are greatly inflated, and if you search, you will find more interesting and much cheaper items on the Avito or Ebay websites. If you are looking for a toy as a gift, you can look at the Polish factory M. A. Mostowski - Christmas tree decorations are quite expensive, but exceptionally beautiful and high quality, grouped in series and packaged in holiday boxes.
8. How do you store your collection?
As of today, 4 large boxes have been allocated for my collection, which sit neatly in the closet and take up half of it! I pack each toy in craft paper. I almost never keep the original boxes because they take up so much space.
9. Does your collection have a practical application? Are there toys that you buy out of passion for collecting, knowing that you will not use them in the decoration of the Christmas tree?
No, when I buy a toy, I always “see” it on the Christmas tree. For me, the point of a collection is to bring joy, not to satisfy the collector's passion. In a good way, I am a collector secondarily, a happy adult child first. After all, children do not collect, they rejoice in what they hold in their hands.
10. How early do you decorate your home for the New Year? By what principle do you select toys?
As a rule, we put up a Christmas tree a week before the New Year, that is, right on Christmas Eve (December 24). Sometimes a little earlier if we are leaving for the holidays. We always buy a live tree, so we never have a tree for a month - I don’t want the magic to become boring. As for the toys, I just decorate until I run out of space on the tree!
11. Can you give some advice to new collectors?
It seems to me that the most important thing is not to invest in a collection material value, but to collect a “family history.” Buy not the toys themselves, but remember the days and moments in which these cats and nutcrackers appeared. There is no fashion or trends here, there is only your heart and your soul, your thoughts and feelings that will emerge in your memory when you open the next box with your Christmas tree decorations. Only our memory gives value to things. .
For one copy you can earn 150,000 rubles
It's time to put up a Christmas tree in the house and take out the old suitcase from the mezzanine. The same one where Christmas tree decorations, arranged with cotton wool and newspapers, live most of the year. Here is a ball that we bought last year, here is a garland from the eighties, and at the bottom of the box are the oldest toys, even grandma’s. We take them, hang them on the Christmas tree - and do not suspect that collectors are killed for these balls, bunnies, bears and other lanterns. And they are ready to pay more than one thousand rubles for them.
“MK” figured out which of the toys could be valuable not only for the soul, but also from a financial point of view.
What could be in a family Christmas tree suitcase? Toys made of plastic, glass, cardboard, foam, cotton wool, wood. Factory and homemade. On strings and on special clothespins-stands, making the toy stand and not hang on a branch. Cotton or rubber Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens. Finally, accessories: tinsel, rain, garlands - from flags or electric...
The fewest questions are with plastic toys. They appeared in our everyday life in the 1990s, so, most likely, you yourself remember how and when they appeared in the collection. To become a rarity, these toys will have to wait another half century. The main thing is not to rush to throw it away if you don’t like it: maybe your children and grandchildren will like it.
Next - everyone's favorite glass toys: balls and figures. They have been produced since ancient times to this day. Each glass toy is handmade: no one has yet developed the technology for stamping thin-walled glass. Both blowing and painting are individual, even though the toy was made in a factory. Here, determining the age and rarity of a toy is not easy - you need to leaf through catalogs (they are also available on the Internet).
Some are hunting for certain series of toys,” collector Inna Ovsienko told MK. - For example, “Peoples of the USSR”, “Tales of Pushkin”. This last series, by the way, was an anniversary one - timed to coincide with the centenary of the poet’s death, launched in 1937. It became one of the first Soviet series of glass Christmas tree decorations in general.
The axial date for domestic Christmas tree decorations is 1936. It was then that the celebration of the New Year with a traditional Christmas tree began to be welcomed by the state again. Throughout the 20s and early 30s, the tree (as an attribute of the old Christmas tradition) was uprooted and destroyed. Pioneers were shamed for decorating a Christmas tree in their house; the neighbors looked askance at those who took out the Christmas tree in January, so it had to be done secretly, at night... But suddenly it was allowed, and all the Christmas tree rituals were restored. Only, of course, without angels and crosses on the branches and top of the head. New time - new symbols.
Propaganda toys were blown out of glass,” says Ovsienko. - These are stratosphere balloons made of glass beads, and blown airships, and red glass bead stars on top of the Christmas tree... If you have such a toy, it’s enough to find out when this or that propaganda campaign was going on (for example, the airship is from 1937), and the date of manufacture toys is approximately clear.
Post-war toys are brighter and more varied, and also more “childish” - without politics. Bears with and without accordions, geese and swans, fish and vegetables. The balls are simple and the “lanterns” are those in which the lights of the garland should be reflected. Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens - in stock. But bugles - toys made from stringed beads and glass cylinders - have been declining since the mid-1950s. Complex, low-tech, old-fashioned and dangerous: children love to taste toys...
The next material is cardboard covered with a layer of multi-colored foil. These toys are very old, pre-war. These were produced by various artels back in the twenties, almost underground: they put up Christmas trees, albeit secretly, which means there was a demand for toys. Take care of them - they are already rare! Although they don’t fight, it would be a shame to give this to children or animals. Moreover, for cardboard toys(as with pre-war glass), collectors sometimes pay tens of thousands of rubles.
Wartime toys have a special story,” says collector Inna Ovsienko. - At the Moscow Kalibr plant they started producing toys from production waste - substandard light bulbs and so on. Quite a lot of them were made, but more than 70 years have passed, so now such toys are rare and valuable.
Well, the oldest toys - cotton and wooden ones - may well be of pre-revolutionary origin. By the way, then most of the toys were homemade - so if your family still has jewelry from those years, it is quite possible that your great-grandfather and great-grandmother made them with their own hands.
A separate song - cotton Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens. Until the 1950s, their faces were sculpted from clay by hand, later polymer substitutes were used. This “chapter” of the New Year tree is the characters that you can look into the eyes of and be imbued with the holiday atmosphere.
Real collectors of Christmas tree decorations do not measure their value in money,” Ovsienko smiles. - Much more valuable is the spiritual importance for the family. I always discourage people from selling family toys - after all, it is with them that family history comes to life every year on the New Year tree. If you lose it, then you can’t buy it for any money.
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How much do collectible Christmas tree decorations made in Russia/USSR cost:
Thumbelina on a swallow (cotton wool, papier-mâché, early 20th century): RUB 32,500.
Set “15 republics of the USSR” in a box (cotton wool, 1962) - 65,000 rubles.
Border guard Karatsupa with the dog Ingus (cardboard, 1936) - 150,000 rubles.
Little Negro (cotton wool, 1936) - 14,000 rubles.
Set “Doctor Aibolit” (glass, 1950s) - 150,000 rubles.
Mizgir from the “Snow Maiden” set (glass, 1950s) - 20,000 rubles.
Pioneer (glass, 1938) - 47,000 rubles.
Modern collectors collect household items from the last century. They also paid attention to the Christmas tree decorations. The tradition of decorating the Christmas tree with toys came to our country from Germany: at the beginning of the twentieth century, toys were brought from there, and later artels in St. Petersburg and Moscow began producing them in our country.
They made toys from cardboard and papier-mâché and decorated them with multi-colored foil. The most expensive pieces were made of porcelain. After World War I, this tradition was banned due to hostile relations with Germany. The tradition returned in 1936, when the USSR Government allowed to celebrate the New Year and install not a Christmas tree, but a New Year tree.
Pre-war toys
After the New Year celebrations were allowed, many artels began to actively produce Christmas tree decorations. The USSR produced jewelry from cotton wool coated with a layer of mica paste. To highlight the face on the figures, they used clay or papier-mâché. Sometimes they took fabric. The themes of the toys were strikingly different from those produced before the revolution.
Instead of angels and cherubs, they began to release athletes, Red Army soldiers, and balloons with a sickle, hammer or star. The top of the tree was crowned with a star with a hammer and sickle inside. In the 1930s, they began producing Christmas tree traffic light toys to accustom the population to the order of color signals.
A series of USSR Christmas tree decorations on the theme of the East is prized by collectors. These are characters from oriental fairy tales, such as, for example, Aladdin. They differ from other toys in that they are hand-painted with ornaments.
After release feature film"Circus" toys with a circus theme have become popular. In addition, Stalin was very fond of the circus. Clowns, acrobats, and animals were sold. Decorations made from multi-colored flags made from colored paper were very fashionable. Each flag had some kind of design imprinted on it.
Toys "Dresden cardboard"
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, factories in Germany began producing toys from cardboard. These were embossed figures of people, birds, mushrooms, food, etc. They were made by folding and gluing two halves of convex cardboard. The figures were decorated with silver and gold paint. The masters of the Dresden artels were especially famous, which is why this type of toys was called “Dresden cardboard”.
Such Christmas tree decorations were produced in the USSR until the mid-twentieth century. The paper pulp was mixed on an adhesive base with chalk or plaster. They covered it with a layer of Berthollet salt, which gave the cardboard shine and strength.
Later they came up with similar cardboard Christmas tree decorations in the USSR - made from paper different varieties, carved along the edges and glued with a layer of textile.
Post-war jewelry
Our entire history is reflected in the USSR Christmas tree decorations of these years. During the time of Nikita Khrushchev, vegetable toys were produced. Particular attention was paid, of course, to corn.
After the start of space exploration, glass astronauts and rockets appear.
Friendship of peoples and ideas of internationalism resulted in the creation of toys in national costumes.
In the 1950s, Christmas tree decorations on clothespins, made of glass, began their march in the USSR. After leaving in New Year's Eve In the film of E. Ryazanov “Carnival Night”, balls with the image of a clock showing the time 23:55 began to be hung on Christmas trees.
I would especially like to mention the assembly toys. These are garlands made of glass beads and beads of different colors. They were hung on branches.
In the figures of Christmas tree decorations of that period you can find characters from children's fairy tales: Cippolino, Pierrot, Doctor Aibolit, etc. But at the end of the 60s, mass production of Christmas tree decorations had already begun in the USSR.
Collectors interest
For collectors, only rare Christmas tree decorations from the USSR, which were produced before 1966, are of interest. Toys from the beginning of the last century with porcelain parts are very valuable. The price tag ranges from 300 to 500 dollars. Products made from Dresden cardboard are slightly cheaper. You can pay up to 3,000 rubles for one voluminous animal figurine. For a revolutionary or Budenovist from Stalin's times, prices can be charged up to 4,000 rubles.
The most unique toys released in those days in the USSR are considered to be a series of balls and images of the leaders of communism, members of the party’s Politburo, and the founders of the idea of communism. Here the price will be incredibly high, since such toys have only been produced once in history. For other Christmas tree decorations in the USSR, the price ranges from 300 to 1500 rubles.
To acquire an interesting specimen for a collector, you need to visit exhibitions, go to flea markets, and search on the Internet. In Germany, you can often find antique Christmas tree decorations at fairs and flea markets.
Over the past 20 years, he has been collecting and restoring old children's toys, with a special love for Christmas tree decorations. Its extensive collection contains about three thousand antique New Year's toys, who found their home in a small room in the Palace of Pioneers on Vorobyovy Gory. Among the rare exhibits of Sergei Romanov are toys made from the 1830s–1840s until the collapse of the USSR, as well as papier-mâché toys from the 50s. We invite you to plunge into the atmosphere of magic and look at ancient Christmas tree decorations from the past.
Angel, early 20th century
Boat. Late XIX- beginning of the 20th century
Christmas grandfather. Glass. Late 19th - early 20th century
Boy skiing, glass balls. Late 19th - early 20th century
Children on a sled. Cotton toys with porcelain faces. Late 19th - early 20th century
Christmas grandfather. Cotton toy, chromolithography. Late 19th - early 20th century
Star. Mounted toy. Glass. Late 19th - early 20th century
Christmas grandfather. Chromolithograph. Late 19th - early 20th century
20th Anniversary Balloon October revolution. Glass. 1937
Letter from Santa Claus. New Year card. Mid-20th century
Father Frost. Cotton toy 1930-1940
Snow Maiden. Cotton toy. 1930-1950
Locomotive. Embossed cardboard. 1930-1940
Airships. Glass. 1930-1940
Watch. Glass. 1950-1960
Hare with a drum. Glass. 1950-1970
Clown with a pipe. Glass. 1950-1970
Glass toys 1960-1980
Lady with a snowball. Porcelain doll. Late XIX - beginning
New Year tree with cotton toys. Second half of the 1930s