Post #62712 by Erika on Sun, Nov 30, 2003 8:15 PM

(Sorry . . . no koi content.)

WEEKEND THRIFT SHOP FINDS

Yesterday I found six Otagiri fogcutter mugs from the (now gone) Pub Tiki in Philadelphia. $1.25 each--hooray! I don't have a way to post a photo, but if you have "The Book of Tiki," see page 180--the tiki with "1 1/2" on his chest (or in his mouth?). Does anybody happen to know what the 1 1/2 meant? I think I'll be trading away a couple of the mugs later (if so I'll post to this forum).

But first I need to go back and see if the shop still has more of the other mugs I bought (I assume the chance is close to zero, but I'll go see): mugs from the Hawaiian Cottage here in New Jersey. Also Otagiri fogcutter mugs. They're black with a white geisha on front and with the restaurant's name and a white Japanese tori gate on the back. There's an older one that's larger (8 inches tall) and says "Geisha Room" and gives the location as Merchantville, N.J. (see "Tiki Quest" p. 103), and a newer, smaller (6 3/4 inches) Cherry Hill, N.J., version without the "Geisha Room" imprint. There were more copies there, but I didn't notice how many and which version, and just got one specimen of each. ($1.50!) Later of course it dawned on me that even though I don't really like this non-tiki mug, other people might be eager to have one, and I should have gotten a couple extra to trade away. (So if interested, watch for a future post.)

Here's the Hawaiian Cottage thread from a little while ago, by the way:
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4597&forum=1
[Overlords: Should that get moved to "Locating Tiki"?]

[ Edited by: Erika on 2003-11-30 20:17 ]