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Keepsake "souvenir" coaster, "Recuerdo" (blank)
Object/Artifact
Round coaster printed in red on a cream ground. A script header reads "Recuerdo" ("Souvenir/Memento"), with a vignette of two tall stemmed cocktail/sundae glasses with straws and a citrus garnish at left. Below are printed fill-in lines labeled "de:", "a:", "en:", and "fecha:" — all left blank. The board is lightly speckled/foxed with scattered staining.
2025.1.303
A romantic novelty/keepsake coaster for recording the details of an outing — who it was from, to whom, where, and the date — as a memento. It is the companion of the "Nuestra Cita…" coaster, matching its red-line lettering/drawing style, round pulpboard stock, fill-in format, and field set; the two are clearly from the same series. Cuban origin is likely by association, though it is unmarked.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
Source/publisher: unidentified; same series as the companion coasters (directly paired with "Nuestra Cita…") (tentative). Date: undetermined; tentatively 1970s–1980s (style and stock; matches the companions). Not closely datable. Place: likely Cuba (tentative — inferred from the matching series; no mark on this example).
Inscription
Front of coaster
Recuerdo de: a: en: fecha:
Spanish
Memory of: at: in: date:
Printed
Diameter: 9.5
Cardboard
Pressed wood-pulp coaster board; red printing ink.
Good
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America