Flute

The drinking flute was made in the middle of the 18th 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 thick, clear glass. The cup has a round foot with a curled edge, a hollow baluster stem, and a narrow, slender bowl. The stem and bowl are carved in a pattern of horizontal and diagonal facets arranged in stripes, between which there are rows of convex vertical fluting. Barbara Trojnar