Post #65332 by laney on Wed, Dec 17, 2003 11:25 AM

DUDE! I'd say that's a major score! Those look very similar to this mug

From: [email protected] @ 198.81.26.171 (Oct 12, 2002 17:17 EDT)
To the best of my knowledge these mugs were made for the Islander restaurant in the late 50s and early 60s. According to Bob van Oosting from Oceanic Arts in Whitier these were produced by a lady named Betty Spurlin(I am not sure of the correct spelling, but I believe this is correct) She produced these out of a small kiln at her house and sold her mugs to a number of restaurants during that time frame. She never marked her mugs. However they are quite distinguished by their rich glases. This mug can be seen in the Islander Menu on page 162 in the book of tiki. It stands with some of the rarest tiki mugs around.

From: [email protected] @ 198.81.26.171 (Oct 12, 2002 17:19 EDT)
addendum to previous comment, I believe the Spurlin Pottery was located in either Whitier or Downey. Oceanic Arts has an example of this mug in their collection

(thanks to mike's tiki gallery for image and text)

I talked about this mug in this thread (ignore the arguements)
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=6713&forum=1&start=15
That mug has special sentimental value to me.

Your mugs were probably made by the same woman but she tried out the bone thing? Where did you get them? An amazing find!
I'd love to trade or buy one from you!

[ Edited by: laney on 2003-12-17 11:26 ]