The Turkish weapons on display here date from both the 17th and 18th centuries. It forms a link between the showcase of 17th-century Polish weapons from the time of the wars with Turkey and the 1683 Battle of Vienna display in the central part of the exhibition. It also shows the mutual influences between East and West. After 200 years of inspiring the inhabitants of the “old continent”, Turkish craftsmen in the 18th century were increasingly willing to use European design to decorate their rich products.
Ottoman Empire, second half of the 17th c.
Iron, leather, gold, wood, forging, inlay
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896. Gift of Kostka Rostkowski family. The last owner was Kune Kunegunda Pogłodowska nee Rostkowska
Ottoman Empire, second half of the 17th c.
Iron, wood, gold, turquoise, ruby (?), tin, forging, inlay, stonesetting
From the former amoury of Sapieha family in Krasiczyn
Ottoman Empire, third quater of the 18th c.
Wood, silver, gold, velvet, gilding, repoussé, engraving, openwork, chiselling
Deposit of the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London. Gift of Raczyński family
Ottoman Empire (blade) and Afganistan, Herat (fittings), early 18th c. (?)
Damascus steel, silver, bone, wood, leather, gold, amethyst, inlay, stonesetting, forging, repoussé, engraving, niello, gilding, punching
Gift of Erazm Barącz, 1922
Ottoman Empire, 18th c.
Silver, wood, filigree, punching
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896. Gift of Stanisław Skrzyński
Ottoman Empire, fourth quater of the 17th c.
Iron, gold, forging, inlay, engraving, punching
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Ottoman Empire, fourth quater of the 17th c.
Iron, gold, forging, inlay, stonesetting, browning
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Ottoman Empire, early 18th c.
Pattern welding, iron, silver, gold, copper, wood, horn, forging, inlay, silvering, gilding, engraving, chiselling, appliqué
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow