Post #787456 by Tattoo on Mon, Jun 4, 2018 9:52 AM

It's not often that this happens anymore... an undocumented Otagiri OMC Tiki mug! Sorta crypto it seems. No mention of it in Ooga Mooga or anywhere really. Please note the one aspect that makes this mug stand out (pun intended) - the rather voluptuous breast with the hard nipples. The side view illustrates best what I mean. Must have been meant for a very cold tiki drink :lol:

It states Hong Kong on the bottom and I can't find any reference to a Hong Kong restaurant or bar here on TC. The only mention I discovered was a Tiki Find post from 2007. Someone had found this mug in the wild on the East Coast. Apparently it didn't attract much attention. It appears to be fairly common - flat black tiki mug and resembles some Orchids of Hawaii mugs - but it isn't.

According to the seller I bought this mug from, they were originally purchased from an Otagiri supplier in Boston. The mug says Hong Kong on the bottom and doing some googling on Hong Kong restaurants in Boston, there is a fairly well known one located on Harvard Square that has been open since 1954. I feel it is a safe bet these are from there. I am curious if the rather odd and very sexual breast on the Tiki made it too risque for a mug and thus short lived.

Now I did discover a few of these mugs were sold in the past 6 months and probably from the same guy. They all seem to be new old stock.

[ Edited by: Tattoo 2018-06-04 10:14 ]