Dear Jim Melcher,

We will be releasing another new collection of exquisite Russian
lacquer boxes into our already magnificent online inventory.  
You can view all the new items when they are uploaded on Monday, 
June 5, at 12:00 pm Pacific Time.  

If you ever have any questions, suggestions, difficulties, or 
requests, please don't hesitate to let us know about them!  You 
can send us a message by replying to this Email, or by visiting 
our "Contact" page at http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/tools/contact

The following hyperlinks will take you to some of the items that 
we have found to be particularly impressive.  Just click on them 
to open the link, or copy and paste them into your browser's 
location window.


--FEDOSKINO--

This piece by Valyalin is a stunning rendition of Ivan 
Aivazovskii's "Storm Signal":
http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/box/200522

Relive the pivotal "Battle of Borodino" through this piece by 
Chirkov:
http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/box/200226


--MSTERA--

The final part of the Maslenitsa celebration is depicted on 
this paper-mache plate:
http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/box/200356


--KHOLUY--

Sergey Dmitriev is gaining prominence thanks to pieces like 
"Snowmaiden":
http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/box/200545

This exquisite piece called "Mermaid" is by Kholuy master Blinov:
http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/box/200530


--PALEKH--

Terentyev has painted a small but captivating scene from "The 
Princess Frog":
http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/box/200401


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