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Beer Coaster — "Plzeňská restaurace U Dvou koček" (Prague), 12° Lager
Object/Artifact
Round pressed wood-pulp coaster printed in black on buff board. Arc text top and bottom reads "plzeňská restaurace · n.p. · u Dvou koček ·"; the center shows a symmetrical emblem of two facing cats holding a vessel, with "12°" between them.
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Obtained in Prague by Leopoldo Arús Caraballo and brought to his father in Havana.
"U Dvou koček" ("At the Two Cats") is a Prague establishment; "n.p." (národní podnik) marks it as a nationalized enterprise; "12°" denotes a standard Pilsner-strength lager.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
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Restaurant "U Dvou koček"
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Europe
Issuer: restaurant "U Dvou koček," Prague (national enterprise). Printer/designer not identified. Date: circa 1950s–1970s (tentative; no printed date).
Inscription
Around the border of the coaster, front
u dvou koček - plzeňska restaurace
Czech
Printed
Printed (Czech): "plzeňská restaurace" [Pilsner restaurant]; "n.p." [national enterprise]; "u Dvou koček" [At the Two Cats]; "12°." No handwriting.
Diameter: 11cm.
Cardboard
Pressed wood-pulp board; black printing ink.
Good
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo
owner
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Europe
production, acquisition
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
"U Dvou koček" is a known Prague Old Town beer restaurant. "Prague - Pilsen restaurant U Dvou koček In this well-known Prague restaurant, we celebrated a farewell to a civilian in the autumn of 1983, before we left for Moravia in the evening to enter a two-year compulsory military service. As the name implies, Pilsen stuck there. I don't know how old this coaster is, it can be even older than from the named event. Since 2010, the company has started brewing its own beer called Kočka, namely light and dark lager, but Plzeň is tapped at the same time. And because they already have their own mini-brewery, you will find the current coaster among those from Prague breweries." From http://www.fotodoprava.com/ptacky_rest.htm