Post #630183 by atomictonytiki on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 9:31 PM

It has been a point of debate on TC, whether the "international" in Western International Trading Company (WITCO) actually meant that any WITCO carving were ever exported outside of the US.

Well I had an surprise a few weeks ago, when taking an alternative route back from a school in Bangkok, that I passed these chaps outside a Beer Garden on Lad Prao Road in Bangkok.

It took several weeks before I was passing that way again but this time I managed to get further pictures and just in time as the whole bar was being demolished.

While I was taking pictures I discovered that these fountains were in fact made of fibreglass and not carved from wood. A helpful lady came out and talked to me and suggested that they might be for sale but I'd have to speak to the manager.

I went to find the manager, passing another fountain on the way, and found him and had a little chat.

He had very good English and explained the bar was being refurbished, that the fountains were staying and not for sale but that they had bought them from a fountain maker just outside Bangkok. Unfortunately he couldn't remember the name of the company but I'll go back later with a Thai Friend and one of my Tiki Mugs and wheedle the name out of him.

[ Edited by: atomictonytiki 2012-04-22 01:37 ]