Goblet

A glass goblet with a funnel-shaped bowl on a circular foot. The vessel was made of glass mass tinted in green, slightly contaminated by air bubbles and several lumps (which is recognised as a defect in the molten glass). The main decoration is the engraved and gilded Mniszech coat of arm on the front. It is surrounded with a panoply consisting of side arms, banners, cannon barrels with a single ball in front of the barrel, spires, quivers and a bow.

The glass was manufactured at Huta Kryształowa (Crystal Factory), the first magnate-owned facility producing luxury glass and established by Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski in 1717. As from the early days of operation, the emphasis was put on top-quality goods made of crystal glass and decorated with the use of techniques that were popular at the time, i.e. polishing and engraving. After the death of the factory owner and his wife, the office of the starost of Lubaczów, where the facility was located, was taken over by Jerzy August Wandalin Mniszech (1715–1778). It was for him that the set of fashionable bevelled and tinted glassware was manufactured, as evidenced by the family's coat of arms. The added panoply in which a sharp eye will spot marshal's staves makes it possible to date the glassware with relative precision, since Mniszech held of the office of the Court Marshal of the Crown in the following period: 1742–1767.

The Wilanów collection also includes two flasks that come in a set with this goblet (Wil.5609 and Wil.5637).