This brown rum barrel was produced by Franciscan Pottery (which changed its name in 1962, so the barrel must have been produced prior to this). "Don the Beachcomber" and "Rum Barrel" are in recessed letters on the front. Franciscan Pottery stamp on bottom.

This is likely the earliest version of the Don the Beachcomber rum barrel, used as early as the 1940s. The early version of the Franciscan Pottery stamp on bottom and photos of Don, himself, holding a dark glossy brown rum barrel support this.