Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland brown dog Terrific alligatoring to the white

Terrific alligatoring to the white paint

What makes them really wonderful is their specificity--these have been used as teaching tools due to their accuracy in representing the fine details of each particular species of mushroom they portray

hand-painted

photos show what I can easily see

but which now I think would make an excellent pair of bookends

Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland brown dog Terrific alligatoring to the whiteNot 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,