Looking for Info on Kahiki Mystery Bowl? - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Dec 9, 2005 10:31 AM When photographing the Kahiki for my book, Michael Tsao told me that initially some of the Kahiki pottery was fired by one of the original owners' wives, in the basement of the Kahiki. I always assumed that that is where those ceramic Zombie glass inserts (BOT, P.45) and the hot buttered rum mugs came from. After that, Tsao said, they turned to Mexico for their ceramics needs, which would explain the Aztec style of the Mystery bowl and Idol's Cast. Maybe Hoffman just copied that design when they took over the supply job? Or maybe it's just hear-say...

When photographing the Kahiki for my book, Michael Tsao told me that initially some of the Kahiki pottery was fired by one of the original owners' wives, in the basement of the Kahiki. I always assumed that that is where those ceramic Zombie glass inserts (BOT, P.45) and the hot buttered rum mugs came from.

After that, Tsao said, they turned to Mexico for their ceramics needs, which would explain the Aztec style of the Mystery bowl and Idol's Cast. Maybe Hoffman just copied that design when they took over the supply job? Or maybe it's just hear-say...

Post #202326 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Dec 9, 2005 10:31 AM