RIJEKA, CROATIA – Shot Glass

PLACE REPRESENTED: Rijeka , Croatia

ITEM: Shot Glass

NOTES: The Rijeka coat of arms with the twin headed eagle (which reflects the double-headed Reichsadler used by the Holy Roman Empire Habsburg emperors) standing on a pitcher with water coming from the same. Rijeka means river in Croatian hence the water from the pitcher. The coat of arms is traced back to 1659 and a decree byt the Croatian king and Austrian emperor Leopold I. http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Rijeka

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004

MADE FROM: glass

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7cm high x 4.5cm diameter