Ikonografia księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego na ceramice i szkle
Prince Józef Poniatowski's Iconography in Ceramics and Glass

Summary/Abstract: Iconography of Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski, one of the Polish biggest national heroes, is exceptionally rich. Numerous paintings and prints – portraits and illustrations for the Prince Józef Poniatowski’s legend – have become the source for the ceramics painters ceramics and glass engravers as early as in the years 1815–1860 and then circa 1913, at the time of the centenary of the hero’s death. The cult and the legend are still alive. Prince Józef’s figurines have still been manufactured since the 2nd half of the 19th century. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, the 19th century objects were in collections of Polish collectors such as: Antoni Chełmiński, Edward Goldstein, count Wł. Grabowski, Antoni Hubert, I. Kobierzycki, P. Koczorowski, Stanisław Patek, Józef Poller, count Rajnold Przezdziecki, Ryszard Stanisław Ryszard, unknown Dr R., Stanisław Ursyn-Rusiecki, W. Sipayło, Antoni Strzałecki, Stefan Szyller, Konstanty Tarasowicz, Kl. Więckowska, Bogdan Wydżga, Zofia Zawiszanka and Ludwik Żeleński.

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