Tiki Mugs! - Collecting Tiki

M midnite Member 37? 47' N, 122? 26' W Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 1230	M midnite Posted posted on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 11:02 PM Got a reply from Bob at OA: "This mug was created for the MahiMahi Restaurant in Nashville ,Tennessee in the mid 1960's. We have the original drawing for the mug. We had a sculpturer make up the pattern, then Desert Ceramics in Indio made the molds and production parts. If it has the Oceanic Arts on the bottom it is one of the original mugs, although the color seems off somewhat and the brown rim at top is not like ours. Desert kept the molds and could have made more. The MahiMahi restaurant was decorated by Eli Hedley, one of the original beachcombers who had an Island Trade Store in the first Disneyland. Eli is Bamboo Ben's grandfather." Oh, was not purchased on Ebay, btw. midnite

Got a reply from Bob at OA:

"This mug was created for the MahiMahi Restaurant in Nashville ,Tennessee in the mid 1960's. We have the original drawing for the mug. We had a sculpturer make up the pattern, then Desert Ceramics in Indio made the molds and production parts.
If it has the Oceanic Arts on the bottom it is one of the original mugs, although the color seems off somewhat and the brown rim at top is not like ours. Desert kept the molds and could have made more.

The MahiMahi restaurant was decorated by Eli Hedley, one of the original beachcombers who had an Island Trade Store in the first Disneyland. Eli is Bamboo Ben's grandfather."

Oh, was not purchased on Ebay, btw.

midnite

Post #16570 by midnite on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 11:02 PM