Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland vintage wooden color cubes and which rests on the

and which rests on the wall such that her little head just peeks up

Changes in light even as I photographed the slide make it show lighter or darker

there is one spot of skipped glaze near the lip on one side

and which are truly fantastic

Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland vintage wooden color cubes and which rests on theNot a very old carving, but a pretty terrific one I think, looking rather like a ship's figurehead in her gold decorated crown, and wearing the sort of brave expression that seems poised to guide many a ship through a storm! Carved into the back, along with a signature, is the location of Krakow, Poland, which, together with the crown, makes me pretty sure this is meant to be Jadwiga, the much venerated first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland,