Tiki Mugs
Sam's Shrunken Head Blue for House of Blues
in 7 collections
This mug was designed for Tiki Farm by Sam Gambino. The design is a shrunken head, with a broad nose and a slight grin, and ears that jut out at the sides. The glaze is blue, and the stitches on the eyes, mouth and back of head are off-white. This version has a heat decal for the House of Blues on the back.
Westwood Style Creamer Brown
in 3 collections
This Westwood Style Creamer is glazed in brown on the exterior and has a white interior. He has protruding eyes which appear to be half closed and a diamond shape in the middle of the forehead. The nose is long and flares at the bottom. The creamer has a vertical wood grain pattern also. There is also a matching teapot and sugar bowl.
There is also a dark brown glazed version of this set in addition to the light brown glaze.
Dorothy Kindell Stripper Series Mug
aka Dorothy Kindell Nudie Barrel Mug in 13 collections
Kindell's stripper mugs came as a set of six which showed a progressive striptease starting with a lady in full evening dress and ending with a fully nude figure draped over a barrel. Decorative bands across top and bottom of barrel. The set was glazed in a light beige and the dresses were glazed in a variety of colors (black, red, green or white). Matching nude figures can also be seen on a variety of her other ceramics ranging from pitchers to salt and pepper shakers.
Toby Style Pirate Mug with Cockatoo Handle
aka Toby Style Pirate and Cockatoo Character Jug in 0 collections
This is a pirate head mug with a handle shaped like a cockatoo. The pirate has an eyepatch and a wine-colored bandana. He has a beard, but no mustache. Made in Japan.
Measures 5" wide x 5 1/4" high x 4" deep.
Toby Style Captain Ahab Mug with Moby Dick Whale Handle - by Royal Doulton
aka Royal Doulton Captain Ahab Character Jug D 6506 in 0 collections
This is a "character jug" or "Toby style mug" of Captain Ahab in a blue cap, black coat, and white sweater. Handle is shaped like the whale, Moby Dick. Designed in 1958 by Garry Sharpe. Captain Ahab sailed the whaler, Pequod, in Herman Melville's great 19th century American classic, "Moby Dick". He lost a leg and then his life in pursuit of the great white whale, who triumphed in the chase and sunk his ship.
Shrunken Tiki Blue with Caramel Brown Interior
in 1 collection
This is a mug shaped like a shrunken Tiki head with a bone through nose. This version is limited to 6 in blue with a caramel brown interior. This is the last color run of this design.
Art the Beachcomber Mug Green
aka Art Snyder Tribute Mug Green in 13 collections
This mug is a tribute to Arthur Snyder. Art was the co-owner and proprietor of the beloved Don the Beachcomber Restaurant in Huntington Beach, CA. The mug design is also modeled off of the vintage & current Donn Beach (founder of Don the Beachcomber) head mugs. Green glaze with "ALOHA" around front of base. "Art's Don the Beachcomber" along the base on reverse. There is also a brown version.
Art the Beachcomber Mug Brown
aka Art Snyder Tribute Mug Brown in 18 collections
This mug is a tribute to Arthur Snyder. Art was the co-owner and proprietor of the beloved Don the Beachcomber Restaurant in Huntington Beach, CA. The mug design is also modeled off of the vintage & current Donn Beach (founder of Don the Beachcomber) head mugs. Brown glaze with "ALOHA" around front of base. "Art's Don the Beachcomber" along the base on reverse. There is also a green version.
Sepik River Abelam Mask In Matte Brown with White Detail
aka Sepik River Abelam Mask In Matte Brown with White Detail LTD Edition in 12 collections
Abelam Mask mug with hands folded in front. Matte brown exterior glaze with white details. Originally slated to be a run of 200, there is also a blind boxed super limited edition of 10 within the regular issue run of these matte brown mugs that have a yellow/white color combo (signed and numbered). So, the regular white/brown version is actually limited to 190 pieces overall.
Sepik River Abelam Mask In Matte Brown with Yellow Detail Super Limited Edition
aka Sepik River Abelam Mask In Matte Brown SLTD Edition with Yellow Detail in 1 collection
Abelam Mask mug with hands folded in front. Matte brown exterior glaze with yellow details. Originally slated to be part of a run of 200 with white details, this blind boxed limited edition of 10 within the regular issue run of these matte brown mugs has a yellow/white color combo (signed and numbered). So, the regular white/brown version is actually limited to 190 pieces overall. While this, with yellow, is considered the super limited version.
Sepik River Abelam Mask Artist Proof with Antiqued Finish
in 0 collections
Abelam Mask mug with hands folded in front. Brown exterior glaze with antiqued finish that has crackled and "crawled" (meaning that the glaze separates in spots from the vessel during firing) to expose the unglazed surface beneath in places.
Johnny Ku Custom for Typhoon Haiyan Relief
aka Johnny Ku Fundraiser Custom Version in 4 collections
This is a mug shaped like a standing Ku Tiki. This custom edition included 12 uniquely colored mugs which were auctioned off on e-Bay and 100% of each sale went to Oxfam to help deliver emergency aid in parts of the Philippines hit by Typhoon Haiyan. These were numbered consecutively as #63-#74, presumably as a sub-set out of the larger regular edition of 100.