Set of 9 Shot Glasses
Hotel Praha 1970s
Specifications:
A set of 9 shot glasses made for the Hotel Praha during the 1970s.
Commissioned by the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia, construction began on the Hotel Praha in 1975. Beyond hosting the communist delegation, one of the salient aims of the Hotel was to entertain and impress foreign visitors.
Amidst a backdrop of austerity in the years prior to the Velvet Revolution, the Hotel was an architectural emblem created by some of the leading architects and designers in the former communist state. The colossal, curved building covered 9800 square-meters and comprised 136 rooms, a restaurant, swimming pool, and bowling alley.
Few examples of the designs created for this once immense Gesamtkunstwerk survive. This set of shot glasses, each printed in gold with the hotel's logo, represent the rigorous attention to detail that defined the Hotel Praha. Each detail, whether door handles, signage, furniture or lighting was designed with the whole hotel in mind. As such, the essence of this once colossal structure is distilled into even the smallest of objects.
The glasses are in good vintage condition. Each is printed with a gold Hotel Praha logo on the side.
The stemmed glasses in the final images were also made and designed for the Hotel and are available here.
Specifications:
Height: 6cm
Diameter: 4.5cm
Design Period: 1970s