Name/Title
Beer Coaster — Restaurace Lidový dům, Rokycany (Jednota Consumer Cooperative)Entry/Object ID
2025.1.320Description
Round pressed wood-pulp beer coaster (beer mat / pivní tácek), printed on the shown face in red/maroon ink over a yellow rectangular panel with a stepped-arch red border. The panel reads "RESTAURACE / LIDOVÝ DŮM / ROKYCANY." Below, centered, is a cogwheel emblem carrying a banner lettered "JEDNOTA," with "ROKYCANY" printed to its right. The reverse is not imaged (beer mats often bear a second design on the back). Diameter not measurable without a scale (standard mats are roughly 9–10.5 cm). The board is heavily aged and mottled.Use
Brought to Cuba by Leopoldo Arús Caraballo. Used by his father.Context
A piece of socialist-era Czechoslovak hospitality ephemera. After the 1952 reorganization of Czechoslovak retail, urban shops passed to state trade and district consumer cooperatives — each named "Jednota" — were tasked with supplying the countryside and operating rural and small-town pubs and restaurants. The cogwheel "JEDNOTA" emblem is that cooperative's mark; "Restaurace Lidový dům" (People's House Restaurant) in Rokycany, a district town in West Bohemia (Plzeň region), was a Jednota-run establishment. The coaster advertised that restaurant.Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection, Leopoldo Arús Caraballo collection, Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collectionMade/Created
Manufacturer
Restaurace Lidovy DůmDate made
1989Place
City
RokycanyCounty
West BohemiaCountry
CzechoslovakiaRegion
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeEdition
Restaurante Lidovy DumInscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
"RESTAURACE LIDOVY DŮM/ROKYCANY/JEDNOTA"Language
CzechTranslation
People's House Restaurant/Rokycany/JednotaNotes
Printed (Czech; English in brackets): "RESTAURACE / LIDOVÝ DŮM / ROKYCANY" [Restaurant "People's House," Rokycany]; a cogwheel emblem with banner "JEDNOTA" [Jednota, the consumer cooperative]; "ROKYCANY."Materials
Material
CardboardMaterial Notes
Pressed/molded wood-pulp board (beer-mat board); printing ink (red/maroon and yellow).Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo, Leopoldo Arús GálvezNotes
ownerRelated Places
Place
City
RokycanyCounty
West BohemiaCountry
CzechoslovakiaRegion
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeNotes
production, acquisitionPlace
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
useCreated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
March 31, 2022Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 18, 2026