Calling all Tiki Archaeologists - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 12:45 PM A big key to this would be to find any relatives or surviving US agents for Otagiri Mercantile, and see if there are any records on the manufacture of their Tiki mugs. http://www.pastwares.com/otagiri-collectibles.html But back then, nobody cared about these promotional restaurant items. Otagiri did not even show them in their catalog, only as a photo with an order sheet: This one is from 1969, so it has little value as to the innovative phase of early mug design in the late 50s/early 60s. There also is no information about how the ordering and choosing of specific logo mugs happened. I am not a collector in the sense of being a completist in need of dates and values, but I do care about the context and creative process that lead to the creation of certain mugs.

A big key to this would be to find any relatives or surviving US agents for Otagiri Mercantile, and see if there are any records on the manufacture of their Tiki mugs.

http://www.pastwares.com/otagiri-collectibles.html

But back then, nobody cared about these promotional restaurant items. Otagiri did not even show them in their catalog, only as a photo with an order sheet:

This one is from 1969, so it has little value as to the innovative phase of early mug design in the late 50s/early 60s. There also is no information about how the ordering and choosing of specific logo mugs happened.

I am not a collector in the sense of being a completist in need of dates and values, but I do care about the context and creative process that lead to the creation of certain mugs.

Post #683313 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 12:45 PM