The box is signed by the artist and comes with the Certificate of Authenticity.

This fairy tale, well-known to everyone in Russia tells us about sister Alyonushka and her brother Ivanushka who lived without parents.. An evil witch turned Ivanushka into a little goat. But sister's love, and help from a brave and handsome knight brought this tale to a happy end.

Artists from Fedoskino, the birthplace of Russian lacquer miniatures, use a more realistic style of painting than the other villages. They also use oil paints for their drawings instead of the egg-based temperas. Three to four layers of the oil paints, along with seven coats of lacquer, are applied to each box before it is completed. This layering brings out a radiant quality in the drawings and the colors seem to emanate from within. Sometimes, an underlay of gold leaf or mother of pearl enhances this radiance and adds a lovely iridescence of its own.