AN AXE (CZEKAN) with iron head comprising downcurved triangular axe-blade pierced with a trefoil and struck with a mark, a heart pierced by a cross, balanced by a short straight hammer-head of square section with cusped edges, and flanged face, decorated throughout with punched scale patterns, two straps, and orange-painted wooden haft of octagonal section (slightly wormed, ferrule missing), the upper part decorated with brass rosettes held by domed nails, Polish or Silesian, 17th Century