Post #515279 by Babalu on Fri, Mar 5, 2010 7:59 AM

Morning,

Yup, that's a cast mug alright. That inside photo helped a lot. No, it would not have been that big of a deal to add that head and tail on to the casting in production. There are several things that make me think this is the real deal.

1. Spurlin did not sign the bottoms of the mugs and bowls that they made...like this one

2. All of the Spurlin sculpts that I have seen are not that well crafted...like this one.

3. It is a castings with added parts.

4. The green glaze used on that other Spurlin mug in the OA display case is a dead ringer for the glaze used on this one.

5. It looks old for sure.

It may be that the Islander used this mug for a while, or that this one is from a prototype run of a few mugs? It seems to me that there is a possibility that the Islander might have switched to that other snake in the display case? It would have been cheaper to make.

Another interesting thing to look at for you muggers is the sizes. I'm not sure of the size of this mug, but I believe that the other snake mug in the QA display case is a smaller mug...Is'nt there a recipe for the Cobra Fang cocktail that you all know of? If I remember right, the finished recipe is not that much liquid when everything is combined together. That would be my last question on this newly found Cobra mug...how big is it?

Those other Don's mugs are very cool too! Are those rare as well? I have never seen Spurlin use a red glaze...maybe those come from a different studio.