Tiki Mugs
Treasure Craft Kukui Leaf Serving Dish
aka #377, Treasure Craft Three-Lobed Leaf Serving Dish in 3 collections
This is is a three-lobed kukui leaf dish. Rim and bottom is a matte brown. Interior came in several gloss colors (green, blue, red, etc...). Measures 10" long x 9" wide at the widest part.
The New Frontier Tiki Mug White
in 1 collection
This is a white Tiki mug with a big nose, a bow-shaped mouth, and a triangle on his chin. There is some resemblance to the earlier "Smiling Big Nose Tiki Mug" put out by Otagiri, but definite differences as well. Advertised on the Poolside Pineapple website as being available in 12 or 20 oz and in white, black, purple, green and violet glaze. This is the black. The New Frontier operated from 1942 until 2007 and its long history included being host to Elvis Presley's first Las Vegas appearance in 1956.
Volcano Barrel Mug - First Edition - for False Idol
aka False Idol Volcano Barrel Mug Bone/Beige & Black in 85 collections
This is a light beige mug with a black wipe to leave definition in recesses of sculpt and shaped like a large rum barrel whose interior is a volcano that is spilling over with red lava down the side. Consortium Holdings designer, Dane Danner (Trader Dane), created this mug design.
Atariki Moai Mug Custom Painted
in 2 collections
This is a mug shaped like a Moai with a topknot. Sculpted by Squid and carved by Gecko. A mixture of two Polynesian cultures; Rapa Nui Easter Island and Autearoa New Zealand. This version of the mug is hand painted on the back.
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar Hitchhiking Ghosts Tiki Mug Black
aka Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts Stacker Mug First Edition in 102 collections
This mug was specially produced for the Halloween 2016 season. The mug depicts the three hitchhiking ghosts from Disneyland's Haunted Mansion in a stacked tiki totem design - Ezra (the skeleton), Phineas (the traveler), and Guss (the prisoner), complete with his ball and chain. It has a hand-wiped black finish over a natural glaze. There appear to be at least two slight variants, one with more of a brownish black glaze and one with a more brown glaze. This first edition was produced in a limited edition of 2500 pieces. A 2017 second edition was produced in a green wipe glaze. There is also a 2016 blue version and a 2017 red version that was produced for Trader Sam's Grog Grotto in Florida.
High Roller Tiki Lounge Tiki Mug Brown
aka High Roller Tiki Lounge Woodgrain Ku First Edition, Sort This Out Cellars Woodgrain Ku in 4 collections
This is a brown mug shaped like a standing Tiki with brow line covering eyes and an open grimacing mouth lined with teeth. Manufactured by Tiki Farm for The High Roller Tiki Lounge in Solvang, CA. The High Roller Tiki Lounge is located in the back of the Sort This Out Cellars tasting room. This "Woodgrain Ku" is a customizable design not exclusive to a single locale.
The Purple Tiki Eater
in 4 collections
This is a mug shaped like a Flying Purple Tiki Eater. It is a cute one-eyed and one-horned monster with wings and shorts (boxers?) in back. It is chewing on a Tiki head. These were made available in a variety of glaze colors.
The Horror In Clay Limited Edition In Hyperborean Glaze
aka Cthulhu Mug in White & Glacial Blue in 7 collections
This mug depicts H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu (pronounced: "kuh-THOO-loo"). Cthulhu made his first official appearance in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu," written by Lovecraft in 1926, although no living character in the story ever sets eyes on the actual creature. The characters we meet in the story see Cthulhu either in dreams or in artwork. The narrator of the story says that a statue of Cthulhu resembled, in part, an octopus, a dragon and a human-like or anthropomorphic creature. Designed by Jonathan Chaffin (Tiki Atari on TC) and sculpted by Kristina Lucas Francis. This version of the mug is white with a bluish wipe-away glaze to pick out the details of the sculpt (but otherwise resembles the first open edition in green). "Different from the greenish debased carving from the swamps of Louisiana, this Hyporborean version hails from the frozen wastes, where 'Eskimo diabolist' cults revere Cthulhu as Torngarsuk, and Ithaquaa and wendigo haunt the winds."
Idle Hour Barrel Mug
in 19 collections
This is a mug shaped like the Idle Hour building, which is, itself, shaped like a barrel in front and a bulldog in back. This mug is an official part of the Sven Kirsten collection. The design turnarounds and renderings were set up by the Pizz and the mug itself is marked on the bottom as a tribute to his memory. The Idle Hour was first erected in the 1940s at the dawn of Southern California's car culture. Businesses eager to appeal to potential customers driving by put up structures shaped like animals, hats, food anything but buildings. In the 1970s, Idle Hour was converted into a flamenco bar called La Cana that included a dance stage inside. The owner closed it in the 1980s. A cultural-monument designation saved the barrel from demolition. Years later, using old black-and-white photos as a guide, Idle Hour was restored to what the building looked like in the 1940s. The back patio holds another example of L.A.'s rich architectural past: a replica of the Bulldog Cafe, which sold tamales and ice cream on Washington Boulevard until the early 1960s. The Petersen Automotive Museum had been displaying the cigar-chomping canine, but when the museum underwent an extensive car-centric remodel, the replica went up for purchase and was integrated into the Idle Hour design.
Marqui Marq Pink
in 1 collection
This is a traditional Marquesan styled Tiki bucket mug in pink glaze with large eyes & wide thin lips. There are 6 colors in all: Coral, Dark Blue, Sky Blue, Jade Green, Pink, and Yellow.
Marqui Marq Coral
in 2 collections
This is a traditional Marquesan styled Tiki bucket mug in coral glaze with large eyes & wide thin lips. There are 6 colors in all: Coral, Dark Blue, Sky Blue, Jade Green, Pink, and Yellow.
Marqui Marq Yellow
in 1 collection
This is a traditional Marquesan styled Tiki bucket mug in yellow glaze with large eyes & wide thin lips. There are 6 colors in all: Coral, Dark Blue, Sky Blue, Jade Green, Pink, and Yellow.