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Drinks coaster, Empresa Municipal Gastronómica Mixta, Habana Vieja
Object/Artifact
Round pressed-pulpboard coaster printed in blue on a cream ground. The central emblem is a stemmed goblet (copa) reserved in white against a blue pixelated/checkerboard diamond field. Around the rim, in blue capitals: "EMPRESA MUNICIPAL" (upper left), "GASTRONÓMICA MIXTA" (upper right), "HABANA" (lower left), "VIEJA" (lower right). The board is lightly toned and foxed with minor edge wear; the print is crisp. Eleven identical items.
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In the Arús Caraballo household.
A coaster from the Empresa Municipal Gastronómica Mixta of Habana Vieja — the Cuban state municipal enterprise responsible for running restaurants, bars, and cafeterias in the Old Havana municipality. Under the socialist administrative system, food-and-drink service ("gastronomía") was organized through such state enterprises, and a generic coaster like this would have circulated across the enterprise's many establishments rather than being tied to a single venue (in contrast to the venue-specific La Bodeguita del Medio coaster).
The Cabrera Arús family collection
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Empresa Municipal Gastronómica Mixta, Habana Vieja
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Source: Empresa Municipal Gastronómica Mixta, Habana Vieja (Cuban state municipal enterprise); printer unidentified. Date: undetermined; tentatively 1970s–1980s on the basis of the socialist-era enterprise structure and the graphic style. Not closely datable from the object. Place: Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba.
Empresa Municipal Gastronomica Mixta Habana Vieja
Spanish
9.5 cm
Cardboard
Pressed wood-pulp coaster board; blue printing ink.
Very Good
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America