Russian Lacquer Shell Box The Windflower FLOWER Fairy HAND PAINTED by Silantyeva

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Russian Lacquer Shell Box The Windflower FLOWER Fairy HAND PAINTED by Silantyeva
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This is a beautiful and unique Russian Shell Paper and papier mache trinket/jewellery box, hand painted.
The box measures 12 cm (4 3/4 inches) long,
10.2 cm (4 inches) wide, 2 cm deep.
The box is signed with the artist's name S.Silantyeva (in Russian letters) and depicts
The Windflower Fairy
.
While human-folk slumber,
The fairies espy
Stars without number
Sprinkling the sky.
The Winter’s long sleeping,
Like night-time, is done;
But day-stars are leaping
To welcome the sun.
Star-like they sprinkle
The wildwood with light;
Countless they twinkle—
The Windflowers white!
.
The Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker are a series of 168 prints, including the Acorn Fairy, it is interesting to note that each flower is botanically accurate.
Flower Fairies are tiny creatures (the biggest is only 20cm tall) that live in the bottom of gardens, the middle of grassy meadows, and on the edge of distant marshes. Wherever and whenever a seed sprouts, a Flower Fairy baby is born. Each Flower Fairy lives and sleeps in their chosen flower, plant or tree, and as this grows the Fairy grows too. Each and every Flower Fairy is in charge of looking after their flower or plant; keeping it strong and healthy by making sure it has plenty of sunshine and water to drink, sweeping away dead leaves, and polishing flowers and stems.
Flower Fairies are illustrations by
Cicely Mary Barker
, created during the first half of the 20th century.
Flower Fairies are the product of English illustrator Cicely Mary Barker. Unable to go to school as a child because of her epilepsy, she was home-schooled and spent much of her time drawing and painting. Her artwork was influenced by illustrator
Kate Greenaway
and even more so by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and she developed her talent as a member of the Croydon Art Society. Her flower Fairy paintings, in particular, were driven by the Victorian popularity of fairies and Fairy stories.
The books enjoyed huge popularity due to
Queen Mary
’s well-known interest in Fairy art. She later published seven more volumes of Flower Fairies. Following the publication of Cicely Mary Barker’s original Flower Fairy paintings and verses, two series of Fairy stories featuring original Flower Fairies characters, Flower Fairies Friends and, more recently, Secret Stories, have also been published. The Flower Fairies were Cicely Mary Barker’s most well-known creations. They are notable in particular because of the sweet, realistic depiction of the children, modeled on children enrolled in her sister Dorothy’s kindergarten. She has also been likened to
Beatrix Potter
in the botanical accuracy of the plants and flowers amidst which the fairies dwell. The Flower Fairies and all related publications are licensed properties of
Frederick Warne & Co
and the Estate of Cicely Mary Barker.
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This is a beautiful and unique Russian Shell Paper and papier mache trinket/jewellery box, hand painted.The box measures 12 cm (4 3/4 inches) long, 10.2 cm (4 inches) wide, 2 cm deep. The box is signed with the artist's name S.Silantyeva (in Russian letters) and depicts The Windflower Fairy.  While human-folk slumber,The fairies espyStars without numberSprinkling the sky.The Winter’s long sleeping,Like night-time, is done;But day-stars are leapingTo welcome the sun.Star-like they sprinkleThe wildwood with light;Countless they twinkle—The Windflowers white!. The Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker are a series of 168 prints, including the Acorn Fairy, it is interesting to note that each flower is botanically accurate. Flower Fairies are tiny creatures (the biggest is only 20cm tall) that
Item
Lacquer Box
Type
Fairies/ Pixies
Country/Region of Manufacture
Russian Federation