Pierścionek z Chłapowa jako przykład czarnej biżuterii w zbiorach Rezerwatu Archeologicznego w Gieczu

• Authors: Klimowicz Patrycja

Title variants

EN

Ring from Chłapowo. An example of black jewellery in the collection of the Archaeological Reserve in Giecz

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

In 2015, Maria and Krzysztof Piasecki donated a brass ring found in the village of Chłapowo, on a field near the cemetery, to the Archaeological Reserve in Giecz. The style of the artefact suggests that the ring is an example of the so-called black jewellery, related to the period preceding the outbreak of the January Uprising in 1863. This is an openwork ring (Ø approx. 23 mm), made from loosely twisted triple wire with a soldered die-cut plate in the shape of a cross, heart and anchor. Both the method of production and the raw material suggest that the ring was a cheap mass-produced item, related to a high social demand for patriotic jewellery in the pre-uprising period. The vogue for black jewellery resulted from the events that took place in Warsaw in 1861. After national demonstrations had been bloodily supressed by the tsarist authorities, a national mourning was announced among the Poles, which also covered the areas of the Prussian and Austrian partitions. Wearing black mourning outfits and patriotic jewellery became the original manifestation of national-liberation views. The patriotic symbolism of the Chłapowo ring was based on four themes. The cross, a sign of mourning, referred directly to the Warsaw events of February and April 1861. The anchor expressed a desire for independence and the longing for its regaining. The heart meant love for the homeland and national unity. On the other hand, the tripartite cord forming the ring represented the enslavement of the Poles under the three partitions. An analogous combination of symbols is quite common in pre-uprising jewellery. The ring from Chłapowo thus fits in with a peculiar canon of national symbols shaped between 1861 and 1862 and this is when it was most likely produced.

Keywords

PL

pierścionek; biżuteria patriotyczna; czarna biżuteria; powstanie styczniowe; Giecz

EN

ring; patriotic jewellery; black jewellery; January Uprising; Giecz

• Publisher: Muzeum Pierwszych Piastów na Lednicy
• Journal: Studia Lednickie
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 16
• Pages: 99-105

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Klimowicz Patrycja

• Muzeum Pierwszych Piastów na Lednicy

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ISSN

0860-7893