Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland chicago artist or in the wood shop

or in the wood shop or studio for supplies

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but this is the sort of gun I am in favor of

a thin albumen print mounted onto a cardboard backing

Lovely Vintage Carved Head with Crown, Presumed St. Jadwiga of Poland chicago artist or in the wood shopNot 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,