Champagne or dessert coupe bearing the Mobil Pegasus logo, 1970, France

Set of four smoked glass coupes for champagne, fruit, ice cream, and dessert. The Mobil company logo, featuring Pegasus, appears on each coupe. This is a promotional item from the 1960s-1970s. Vintage Mobil was a major American oil company founded in 1911 and acquired by ExxonMobil in 1999. Pegasus is a winged, divine horse, one of the most famous mythical creatures in Greek mythology. The logo of the Mobil company before its merger with ExxonMobil, it inspired a giant effigy of a red winged horse that became the property of the city of Dallas. Pegasus appeared on the various Mobil Oil and Mobil logos from 1911 to 1931, and then from 1932 to 1966.