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Need Info on Older Orchids of Hawaii Mug
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BambooLodge
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Tue, Aug 12, 2008 1:01 PM
We found this guy on our recent trip to OH for the HRHH. We've been collecting for over twenty years and thought we'd seen every Orchids of Hawaii mug, but this guy is definitely one that got past us until now. Anybody got any info on this bad boy? BaMbOoLoDgE...where the South Pacific meets the Great White North! [ Edited by: BambooLodge 2008-08-12 13:06 ] |
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Pikeys Dog
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Tue, Aug 12, 2008 2:58 PM
at a guess that is a 1980s or even more recent mug - the printed Orchids of Hawaii makes it look very 'modern' |
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TIKI DAVID
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Tue, Aug 12, 2008 3:04 PM
da ja vue |
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Tipsy McStagger
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Tue, Aug 12, 2008 6:58 PM
..what the hell !!....it's in the same ball park.... http://learning2share.blogspot.com/2007/08/orchids-of-hawaii-bartenders-guide.html |
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bigbrotiki
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Wed, Aug 13, 2008 7:42 AM
I was never a big fan of Orchids of Hawaii, but this looks like a bastardization of their female Tiki mug R76 (the last one in that cocktail guide, serving the Humuhumu) and the Kono Hawaii mug, whose facial features are based on the Cook Islands Fisherman's God. |
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boutiki
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Wed, Aug 13, 2008 7:53 AM
I've seen that design. I think it is actually an older Orchids piece. Not as early as the red clay mugs or ones marked with paper labels. No idea why you see so few of these, maybe something happened to the master mold and they quit making it? It reminds me of the one in the top left corner of page 15 of T.Q. but with a Cook Island style. They were probably of the same generation. Cool find! |
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Wed, Aug 13, 2008 2:29 PM
Sweet!!!!! Now I know what to serve in my Leilanis!!!!! :lol: :sheckymug: |
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Wed, Aug 13, 2008 5:21 PM
Man, I don't get no respect! There are two recipes for the Suffering Bastard on this, neither of which is the classic, and on the second one, they say "This is a lousy drink, but worth a try." !!! ..sb |
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Wed, Aug 13, 2008 11:47 PM
I don't know - lack of detail, crisp white unglazed ring on bottom - that mug just screams Dynasty Wholesale to me. Here's how Dynasty re-worked the R-18: Seems like a similar simplification process may have been done with the old R-76. But maybe not - there's another very similar mug on page 27 of Tiki Quest, albeit with a different face. Also strange that your mug has 5 fingers (like an R-3) but apparently no thumbs! |
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BambooLodge
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Fri, Oct 3, 2008 2:02 PM
Wow! Glad we picked ours up in the wild. Nice to know it's worth some good $$$'s! |
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MauiTiki
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Sat, Dec 6, 2008 9:42 PM
Super cool mug, and a great Christmas gift for me! Just picked one up for under $50. That's still a lot, but not $110 like the auction above. I'm stoked to add one to my collection. I don't see one on all of Ooga-Mooga. |
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Mon, Dec 8, 2008 9:28 AM
I want that O.O.H. bartender shirt! (now back to mug talk) |
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