DescriptionTwo plastic cocktail stirrers, one teal green and one yellow, each embossed with HAVANA CLUB RUM along the shaft and topped with a small stylized fish or tropical creature with splayed fins. The form is cheerful and resort-facing — designed for bars and hotels, for tourists and diplomats, for the leisure economy. Havana Club was founded in 1934 by the Arechabala family and nationalized after the revolution in 1960, after which production continued under the Cuban state. This makes dating these stirrers genuinely ambiguous: the brand survived the revolution intact, and promotional objects like these were produced both before and after 1959. The plastic composition and molding style may offer clues, but without more information the question stays open. What is certain is that Havana Club occupied an unusual position in revolutionary Cuba — a nationalized brand that continued to be promoted internationally, a commercial identity that outlasted the economic system that created it.