Post #811602 by Tattoo on Tue, Dec 19, 2023 10:52 PM

Whoa!!! How cool and never seen that before. I know that mug was initially designed by Stella Bodey and made by Spurlin. Spurlin and Stella Bodey worked hand in hand with Oceanic Arts. Around 1966 Spurlin (Stella Bodey) sold all their tiki molds to Desert Ceramics and Beauce Canada. Beauce's tiki line is all Spurlin mugs and bowls. Desert Ceramics also has quite few mugs based on Spurlin molds. Desert Ceramics was located in Palm Desert and also worked closely with Oceanic Arts and made mugs for them like the Mahi Mahi mug. So most likely Spurlin sold or borrowed this mold to Oceanic Arts (or Desert Ceramics). Desert Ceramics then made this mug for Oceanic Arts. I think there's both a Beauce and Desert Ceramics version of this mug as well.

So I would guess circa 1966, designed by Stella Bodey manufactured by Desert Ceramics for Oceanic Arts.

Anyhow, I have never seen this version of this mug before. Crypto for sure. And the only other mug with the famed OA logo on it is the OA Cobra's Fang mug. Great score.