The 18th century was the period of the establishment of the most important Polish orders and decorations: the Order of the White Eagle, the Order of St Stanislaw and the Virtuti Militari. They had a wide range of meanings: state, social, military and symbolic.
Russia or Poland (?), 1797
Agate, gold, enamel, chiselling, engraving, carving
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, ca. 1792
Gold, copper, glass, enamel, gold embossed foil, gilding
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, 1762
Gold, diamonds, silk (moire), silver, stonesetting, chiselling, engraving, grained decoration, enamel
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, between 1720-1764
Metal thread, linen, silver, bullion, embroidery
Poland, 1783
Silver, gold, cardboard, metal thread, paper, bullion, sequins
Gift of Aleksander Jelski, 1902. From the former collection of the Library and Museum of Antiquities in Zamość
Poland, Warsaw (?), 1792
Gold, moire, silver, enamel, engraving, soldering, die stamping
Gift of Tytus Eustachy Kołyszko, son of Benedykt, 1890. The cross was awarded to Kołyszko on August 21, 1792
Poland, Warsaw, 1794
Gold, rolling, embossing, chiselling, engraving
Gift of Tytus Eustachy Kołyszko, 1890
France, Paris, Coudray manufacture, 1809
Silver, gold, leather, casting, faceting, enamel, gilding, glueing
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
After Poniatowski’s death in the Battle of Leipzig (1813), the star was preserved by Poniatowski’s butler, Kochanowski, in Prince Józef’s luggage along with a case containing his other decorations. It was purchased from Kochanowski’s successors in 1873 by Henryk Stecki, who then gave it to Emeryk Hutten-Czapski
Poland, Warsaw, workshop of Johann Philip Holzhaeusser, 1792
Silver, die stamping
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, Warsaw, workshop of Johann Philip Holzhaeusser, 1792
Gold, die stamping
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, Warsaw, workshop of Johann Philip Holzhaeusser, 1792
Silver, die stamping
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, Warsaw, workshop of Johann Philip Holzhaeusser, after 1768
Silver, die stamping
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, Warsaw, workshop of Johann Philip Holzhaeusser, after 1768
Silver, die stamping
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, second half of the 18th c.
Copper, gold, glass, enamel, gold embossed foil
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, second half of the 18th c.
Copper, gold, glass, enamel, gold embossed foil
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, second half of the 18th c.
Copper, gold, glass, enamel, gold embossed foil
Poland, 1785
Silver, cardboard, linen, thread, ruby, sequins, bullion, stonesetting
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903. Previously from the former collection of the Library and Museum of Antiquities in Zamość
Poland, 18th c.
Silver, gold, bronze, gilding
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, Gniezno, between 1768-1790
Gold, enamel
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, Warsaw (?), between 1751-1763
Bronze, silk (moire), enamel, painting with opaque colored enamels, gilding, relief decoration
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Grand Duchy of Lithuania, second half of the 18th c.
Silver, gold, brass, casting, relief decoration, gilding
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, second half of the 18th c.
Bronze, gold, casting, enamel, openwork, gilding
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903