Post #730614 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Oct 31, 2014 12:52 AM

So it's "Millie", not "Mille" with an accent aigu like mine looks like. That mug is so clearly North American totem pole derived, though:

It's use for the Tahitian Room might just have happened because it was available as a North American tourist souvenir.

Good catch with the OTHER Marc Bellaire designs on the Kalua Room menu. He did indeed use the Harlequin motif sometimes:

…as Tiki-Tacoma mentioned can be seen on the "Black Pearl" and the "Dr Fong" mugs:

So the Bellaire studio time line is definitely useful for approximately dating the Kalua Room menu, and thus the Tiki mug.

…which begs the question WHY the Kalua Room used those "gay" designs and not the more appropriate "Hawaiian"…

…or "Friendly Island" designs from the Bellaire line?:

If these came LATER than the Harlequin design, it would also help the dating. Or, they just didn't come in mug form.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2014-10-31 01:09 ]