Vintage trinket box hand painted in the Russian Palekh style. Palekh painting is a traditional Russian lacquer art form, originating in the 1920s in the village of Palekh from a long history of icon painting. It is characterized by delicate, detailed miniatures painted in vibrant tempera, frequently using gold leaf, onto black lacquer papier-mâché items. This box has a floral design with colors of deep red, green, blue and yellow. Gold leaf scrolls edge the lid and sides. The interior is red, It is artist-signed on the bottom. Size is 2.75" square with 1" interior depth.