Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland brown dog What makes them really wonderful

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

with sizes from 10 to 13 printed on the sliders

is written the name Wm

Terrific alligatoring to the white paint

which to me possesses all the beauty of a Brancusi

Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland brown dog What makes them really wonderfulNot 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,