AN EARLY SOVIET AGITLAK KEEPSAKE BOX OF YOUNG NATURALISTS EXCURSION, A. BARANOV, PALEKH, 1932
of rectangular shape with rounded corners, the fitted cover depicting an intricately illustrated humorous scene of a lesson at the young naturalists` camp, featuring a misbehaving pupil climbing a tree while the teacher is focused on introducing the miracles of the surrounding nature to the other Yunnaty in the group, a delicate ornate gilded vegetative garland runs around the body of the box, red lacquered interior, length: 13.8 cm (5 7/8 in.), height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.), signed in Cyrillic A. Baranov, s. Palekh, 1932 lower center, inscribed Made in Russia on the bottom