Glass with the coat of arms of the Lubomirski family

The wine glass was made circa 1725 in a glass factory near Lubaczów, known as Huta Kryształowa ('Crystal Glassworks'), established in 1717 by the hetman Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski. He was married to Elżbieta Lubomirska, daughter of Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski - the owner of the Łańcut castle in the years 1699-1702. In the Łańcut Polish glassware collection, products from these nearby glassworks are the majority. It was one of the oldest glass factories that achieved a very high, European craft level in its products. It was headed by Franciszek Fremel, an outstanding Saxon specialist, brought to Poland in 1710 by Augustus II the Strong. The glassworks were active throughout the 18th century. It produced glass tableware and candlesticks. The above glass was made of thin-blown glass, tinted violet. It has a large, round foot, a faceted baluster stem, and a bowl engraved with a 'carp scales' pattern and with vertical facets at the bottom. On the front, the bowl is decorated with two cartouches with the coats of arms of Józef and Teresa of the Lubomirski Mniszechs: Szreniawa and Mniszech. They are placed in a medallion, on the background of a draped ermine coat crowned with a royal mitre. From the bottom, the foot is engraved with oval, radially arranged facets. In the Łańcut Castle Museum's collection, there are four such glasses. Barbara Trojnar