Polish Orders of White Eagle from the collection of Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden

Unique set made in piqué technique (decorative work made by inlaying tiny points or pins of gold or other precious metals in patterns or pictures on tortoiseshell from the now endangered Hawksbill sea turtle).
Made by Johann Heinrich Köhler (1669-1736) one of the best artists working for Augustus the Strong, yet he has long stood in the shadow of his more famous contemporary Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731). He was a prolific artist who created eccentric works made of pearl, ivory, enamel and refined mounts.

Tortoise shell, gold, gilded silver, enamel and 65 brilliants.​

Size 152 x 104 mm.

Breast star.
Tortoise shell, gold, gilded silver, enamel and 173 brilliants.
Size 141 x 138 mm.

 

Another breast star made by Johann Heinrich Köhler.

Tortoise shell, gold, gilded silver, enamel, 268 rubies and 385 brilliants.
Size 157 x 152 mm.
Weight 287 g.

On display.

 

Cross made in 1744 by court jeweler Johann August Jordan (1706-1770) for Augustus III of Poland.

Gold, gilded silver, enamel,16 rubies and 480 brilliants.
Size 102 x 78 mm.

On display.

 

Breast star made by Swiss jeweler Jean Jacques Pallard (1701-1776) somewhere between 1746 and 1749.
It was stolen from the Green Vault on November 25th, 2019 but luckily recently returned.

Gold, silver, rubies, diamonds.
Size 155 mm.

 

Breast star made by Swiss jeweler Jean Jacques Pallard made in Geneve in 1753.

Gold, silver, 92 rubies, 5 large and 220 small diamonds.
Size 160 mm.
Weight: 301g

Hidden under the center stone are two signatures: "Pallard a Geneve" and "Pallard/fecit/a Geneve/1753".

 

Cross with diamonds and emeralds made jeweler Johann August Jordan (1706-1770) in Dresden in 1846.

Gold, silver, partly gold-plated, enamel, 16 emeralds and (at least) 342 brilliants.
Size 104 x 78 mm.

 

Cross made by jewelers Christian August Globig (before 1747-1798) and August Gotthelf Globig (before 1769-after 1819) sometime between 1782 and 1789. Cross was stolen was stolen from the jewel room of the Green Vault on November 25th, 2019. Fortunately, recently it was returned.

Gold, silver, enamel, 225 larger and smaller diamonds/ silver, gold, enamel
Height with eyelet 135 mm, height without eyelet 104 mm, width 105 mm.

On display.

 

Very early order of the White Eagle with sapphires made by jeweler Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731) somewhere between 1710 and 1713.

Gold, silver, enamel, 15 sapphires and 29 brilliants,
Size 112 x 94 mm.
Weight 184 g.