Service saucer with the coat of arms of the Lubomirski Szreniawa family

Sauce boat with the Lubomirski Szreniawa coat of arms A sauce boat from a classicist-style dinnerware set made in the porcelain factory in Vienna circa 1806-1807. The factory was established in 1718 as the second porcelain factory in Europe, after Meissen. It operated until 1864. Breakfast- and dinnerware, as well as coffee, tea, and hot chocolate sets, were the fundamental part of the Viennese factory's production, especially since the fourth quarter of the 18th c. The sauce boat was acquired by the Łańcut Museum in 1982, together with other pieces from the dinnerware set. The sauce boat is oval in shape with a boat-shaped base; its lid has a round gilded handle. It is decorated with gilded stripes and with the painted Lubomirski Szreniawa coat of arms with the Maltese cross. The pieces acquired by the Museum were part of a dinnerware set which likely belonged to Henryk Lubomirski (1777-1850), the charge of Izabela Lubomirska (1736-1816) - the owner of the Łańcut Castle. The knotted monogram HL is painted in black on the bottom of some pieces from this set. Henryk Lubomirski was a Knight of Malta since 1796. Barbara Trojnar