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F&N Merdeka Glass Tumbler

Title

Region

Singapore and Malaysia

Material

Glass

Dimension

Object size: 11.3 x 6.6 x 11.3 cm

Accession No.

2014-00701

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

This glass was produced for aerated water company Fraser and Neave on the occasion of Malaya’s proclamation of independence in 1957. The word Merdeka (meaning independence) is written in English and Chinese transliterations as well as in Jawi script.