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Beer Coaster — Restaurant "U Schnellů" (Prague)
Object/Artifact
Round pressed wood-pulp coaster printed in green, yellow, and black. A posthorn (hunting horn) fills the field, with the establishment name "u Schnellů" in blackletter across a yellow band; a small blackletter "RaJ" monogram sits at the base. Two identical items.
2025.1.329
Acquired in Prague by Leopoldo Arús Caraballo
"U Schnellů" is a historic Prague restaurant (Malá Strana); the "RaJ" monogram marks issuance under the Restaurace a jídelny catering enterprise, which ran most Czechoslovak restaurants until 1989.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
2025.1
Restaurant "U Schnellů"
Restaurace a Jídelny
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Europe
Issuer: restaurant "U Schnellů," Prague, under Restaurace a jídelny (RaJ). Printer/designer not identified. Date: circa 1950s–1970s (tentative; no printed date).
Inscription
Front middle of coaster
U Schnellů
Czech
Printed (Czech): "u Schnellů" [At the Schnells']; "RaJ" monogram at base (tentative reading).
10.5 cm
Cardboard
Pressed wood-pulp board; green, yellow, and black inks.
Good
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
owners
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Europe
production, acquisition
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
http://beercoaster.misi.eu/beer/u_schnellu/round/u_schnellu0/
http://www.pofil.cz/index.php/index.php?ak=pro&pro=147158&level=5&lng=fr&master=5979&fil=%&rad=08
https://colnect.com/en/beer_coasters/companies/country/57-Czech_Republic/brand/21766-U_Schnellu
"U Schnellů" is a long-established Prague (Malá Strana) restaurant.