Elegant set of two Hand Painted Martini Glasses with Lemons Perfect as an Anniversary gift, Birthday gift, Valentines gift, Wedding gift for your "Lemon Drop" Martini drinker. The Lemon Drop was most likely named after the lemon drop candy. It was invented sometime in the 1970's by Norman Jay Hobday, the founder and proprietor of Henry Africa's, a fern bar in the Russian Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. After its introduction, the drink swiftly spread to many San Francisco saloons and across the country.