Matryoshka Doll Sterling Silver and Vermeil Necklace

Matryoshka Doll Sterling Silver Necklace

Origin: United Kingdom

Material: Sterling Silver (925) with 2.5 micron Gold Plating Details

Pendant Approximate Dimensions: 2.7cm x 1cm x 0.6cm

#2 Small Pendant Approximate Dimensions: 1.4cm x 0.5cm x 0.4cm

Chain Length: 26" to 30" (adjustable)

Weight: 9g

10% of this purchase will be donated to The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) [EU]

Matryoshka dolls (Russian: матрёшка), also known as stacking dolls, nesting dolls, Russian tea dolls, or Russian dolls, are a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. The name matryoshka, mainly known as "little matron", is a diminutive form of Matryosha (Матрёша), in turn a diminutive of the Russian female first name Matryona (Матрёна). 

Matryoshka is often seen as a symbol of the feminine side of Russian culture. Matryoshka is associated in Russia with family and fertility. Matryoshka is used as the symbol for the epithet Mother Russia. 

Matryoshka dolls are a traditional representation of the mother carrying a child within her and can be seen as a representation of a chain of mothers carrying on the family legacy through the child in their womb. Furthermore, matryoshka dolls are used to illustrate the unity of body, soul, mind, heart, and spirit.

Matryoshkas are also used metaphorically, as a design paradigm, known as the "matryoshka principle" or "nested doll principle". It denotes a recognizable relationship of "object-within-similar-object" that appears in the design of many other natural and crafted objects.

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