Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland vintage wooden color cubes and which are truly fantastic

and which are truly fantastic

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

I love things like this

this one is signed three times on the underside of its belly

Really a lovely addition to a collection of beautiful boxes

Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland vintage wooden color cubes and which are truly fantasticNot 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,