Sam's Seafood Maori Mug - First Edition - by Stella Bodey & Spurlin Ceramics
aka Sam's Seafood Lined Face Maori Mug in 0 collections
This is an early design from the 1960s created by Stella Bodey. This design was also made into a mug and bowl form by Beauce Pottery of Canada and Spurlin (Stella Bodey, again) did a salt and pepper set of this design.
Early postcards show the Sam's gift shop with rows and rows of these mugs (all with what look like red price stickers on the side of the head), but surprisingly few of these mugs have lasted into the modern era.
Later, in 2007, Tiki Farm did a modern version of this design for Sam's Seafood shortly before it closed and later became Kona and Don the Beachcomber. The modern version was sculpted by Squid based on early postcards and menu graphics, as no original could be found. As a result, there are quite a few key differences between the versions.
Production
- Designer
- Stella Bodey
- Manufacturer
- Spurlin Ceramics
- Producer
- Sam's Seafood - Huntington Beach
Release
Physical Characteristics
- Material
- Ceramic
- Shape
- Tiki
- Colour
- Brown
- Imagery
- Tiki
- Marking
- "Sam's Sea Food" on reverse. No other markings on bottom or otherwise.
- Notes
- brown