The drawer gives you the opportunity to see the construction of the handle of a edged weapons. Using the example of a small-sword handle disassembled into individual parts, you can see all the components, from the top: pommel, grip, crossguard with knuckleguard, spacer, shield.
This drawer also contains elements of karabela and hussar sabers, which are semi-finished products used by craftsmen when assembling the entire weapon at the request of an individual customer.
A child’s saber worn with ceremonial attire says a lot about the tradition of edged weapons in Poland.
Poland, second half of the 19th c.
Iron, silver, agate, ivory, velvet, forging, stonesetting, engraving, punching, repoussé
France, 18th c.
Iron, steel, silver, forging, punching, polishing
Poland, 18th c.
Iron, gold, forging, inlay
Poland (?), 1700-1750
Pearl, gold, polishing, inlay
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896
Poland or Ottoman Empire (?), first half of the 18th c.
Iron, gold, chalcedony, forging, inlay, gilding, engraving, punching, polishing
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland (?), 18th c.
Iron, gold, forging, inlay
Gift of Erazm Barącz, 1922
Poland, ca. 1740
Brass (?), copper (?), silver, gold, repoussé, chiselling, gilding
Poland (?), 18th c.
Iron, gold, forging, inlay
Gift of Erazm Barącz, 1922