Flute

The drinking flute was made in the middle of the 17th c. in Saxony. Saxon products did not turn up in the Łańcut Castle's eighteenth-century glass collection accidentally. During the period of the personal union between Saxony and Poland, Saxony supplied Polish glassworks with specialists and treated Poland as an export destination for its products. Saxon glass was also purchased by the Polish magnates during their frequent trips to Dresden. The above drinking flute was made of glass with a bright straw tint. The glass has a large, round foot with a curled edge, a hollow baluster stem, and a slender, conical bowl. The stem and bowl are carved in horizontal oval facets arranged in rows and, in the centre of the bowl, there is a strip of diagonal facets. Barbara Trojnar