Orchids of Hawaii lamps/Tahiti village ? - Collecting Tiki

TD TIKI DAVID Member North Coast/ DEAD Joined: Apr 07, 2004 Posts: 1961	TD TIKI DAVID Posted posted on Tue, Mar 14, 2006 3:28 PM I just got back from a couple weeks in sofla and the keys . at a flea market in Key Largo i found (and bought) 5 orchids of Hawaii hanging lamps. 4 with the scalop shells and thatch tops ,with glass bottoms with fish design. one is a 5 sided glass panels of small pieces of glass fused ,glued,melted or epoxied aboiut2.5 ft tall with a flat rope like top(this one not thatch).and a bunch of glass float/fish net lamps with holes allready drilled.plus a bunch of puffer fish lamps.Heres the question .the seller said they were from a resturant built in 1954 in KEY LARGO.closed 20 yrs ago and has been in family since the place closed. he said the name was TAHITI or TAHITIAN VILLAGE ,IN KEY LARGO . any one ever hear of it? THANKS TD

I just got back from a couple weeks in sofla and the keys . at a flea market in Key Largo i found (and bought) 5 orchids of Hawaii hanging lamps. 4 with the scalop shells and thatch tops ,with glass bottoms with fish design. one is a 5 sided glass panels of small pieces of glass fused ,glued,melted or epoxied aboiut2.5 ft tall with a flat rope like top(this one not thatch).and a bunch of glass float/fish net lamps with holes allready drilled.plus a bunch of puffer fish lamps.Heres the question .the seller said they were from a resturant built in 1954 in KEY LARGO.closed 20 yrs ago and has been in family since the place closed. he said the name was TAHITI or TAHITIAN VILLAGE ,IN KEY LARGO . any one ever hear of it? THANKS TD

Post #220763 by TIKI DAVID on Tue, Mar 14, 2006 3:28 PM