Tableware of Grand Treasurer of the Crown Jan Ansgary Czapski (1699-1742) - the opulence of the magnate's table in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Tableware of Grand Treasurer of the Crown Jan Ansgary Czapski (1699-1742) - the opulence of the magnate's table in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Summary/Abstract: Jan Ansgary Czapski (1699-1742) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the third and fourth decades of the 18th century. As a supporter of both kings from the House of Wettin, he quickly climbed the career ladder, culminating in obtaining the office of Grand Treasurer of the Crown in 1738. A sumptuous collection of tableware kept at the magnate's palace on Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw is presented on the basis of archival documents: two inventories from 1741 and 1743 and a ledger of his porcelain collection in Meissen from 1737. Czapski had more than 400 silver objects that weight almost 300 kg in total and a table service made of porcelain, which he received from King Augustus III.

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