Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

TT Trader Tom Tiki Socialite West Hills, CA Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 1016	TT Trader Tom Posted posted on Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:34 PM On 2013-09-09 22:57, gabbahey wrote: My first thought was that this was some sort of hobbyist Moai/Mainlander thing. It appears to me to be from the Tiki Lounge at the Heart O' Denver Motel. Anyone want to weigh in? It is professionally made and I would hazard a guess that it was made in the USA. It feels and looks more like those 1960's ashtrays I always find (marked "Calif." or "Made in USA") than an OMC or Orchids mug. [end quote] Looks like a variant of the Hobbyist Strikow Decanter Mug. They might have had a ceramicist use the hobbyist mold for the Tiki Lounge at the Heart O' Denver Motel. http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=4675 Nice mug!

On 2013-09-09 22:57, gabbahey wrote:
My first thought was that this was some sort of hobbyist Moai/Mainlander thing.

It appears to me to be from the Tiki Lounge at the Heart O' Denver Motel. Anyone want to weigh in? It is professionally made and I would hazard a guess that it was made in the USA. It feels and looks more like those 1960's ashtrays I always find (marked "Calif." or "Made in USA") than an OMC or Orchids mug.
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Looks like a variant of the Hobbyist Strikow Decanter Mug. They might have had a ceramicist use the hobbyist mold for the Tiki Lounge at the Heart O' Denver Motel.

http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=4675

Nice mug!

Post #693116 by Trader Tom on Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:34 PM