Products & Brands

Products, trademarks and patents.

• Ken Spurlin puzzle boxes · Products & Brands mixed
  Ken Spurlin, a woodworker from Nevis, Minnesota, makes signed and numbered wooden puzzle boxes that are sold at regional art fairs and resold on secondary markets.
• Slim Spurling and Light-Life rings (Spurling variant) · Products & Brands mixed
  Bill "Slim" Spurling (1938–2007) was an American metalworker and dowser who created copper "Light-Life" rings in 1991. They are the origin of today's "tensor ring" products, a large Spurling-name product niche on Etsy and Amazon.
• Spurlin Cobra's Fang mugs · Products & Brands weak
  Two snake-wrapped tiki mugs made by Spurlin Ceramics and credited to Stella Bodey: the Cobra's Fang mug of the Islander restaurant in Los Angeles, long known only from its menu, and the smaller OA Cobra Fang sold by Oceanic Arts.
• Spurlin collectibles and memorabilia · Products & Brands weak
  A guide to collectible objects and products that bear the Spurlin name: Spurlin Dairy milk bottles, Spurlin Sales farm-equipment advertising, Spurlin Ceramics tiki mugs, 1950s Spurlin records, signed art and craft pieces, and modern novelty goods.
• Spurlin handmade goods and small brands · Products & Brands mixed
  A roundup of small present-day businesses selling products under or by the Spurlin name: craft woodworking, ceramics, farm goods and apparel, cited from their own pages and marketplace listings.
• Spurlin Island Chief ("Husband Killer") tiki mug · Products & Brands mixed
  The Island Chief, or "Husband Killer", is a standing pointed-head tiki mug that Stella Bodey of Spurlin Ceramics made for the Islander restaurant in Los Angeles by 1960. It is one of the earliest tiki mugs and one of the most collected Spurlin-named objects.
• Spurlin patents · Products & Brands strong
  Inventors surnamed Spurlin appear on US patents from 1902 onward, including Hercules Powder Company chemist Harold M. Spurlin, vibratory-feeder engineer William V. Spurlin, tractor-implement designer William G. Spurlin, and later semiconductor, electronics and bath-fixture inventors.
• Spurlin records and recordings (collectible vinyl) · Products & Brands strong
  A guide to collectible vinyl records by or credited to people named Spurlin, from Tommy Spurlin's 1950s rockabilly 45s to Jack Spurlin's country singles, Tracy Spurlin's 1986 soul 12-inch and LPs with Spurlin sidemen.
• Spurlin surname merchandise (crests, mugs, name signs) · Products & Brands weak
  Commercial "Spurlin family crest" downloads, mugs and name products are novelty items made to order from the surname; the heraldry shown is generic and not evidence of a Spurlin coat of arms.
• Spurlin trademarks · Products & Brands strong
  US trademark filings by Spurlin-named owners are few and mostly short-lived. Tuscaloosa clothier Charles A. Spurlin holds a registered elephant logo, and bath-fixture maker Spurlin Industries held a faucet design mark from 1995 to 2020.
• Spurlin Vicious Virgin mug and bowl · Products & Brands mixed
  The "Vicious Virgin" is a nude female figure that Spurlin Ceramics used on a mug and a three-figure drink bowl for the Islander restaurant in Los Angeles. A prototype of the bowl, designed by Stella Bodey, was the centerpiece of Oceanic Arts' "Holy Grail" display cabinet.
• Spurlin whirlpool baths · Products & Brands mixed
  Spurlin whirlpool baths were acrylic jetted bathtubs made by Spurlin Industries of Palmetto, Georgia, and sold through plumbing wholesalers under model names such as Count, Countess, Duke, Balmoral, Swan and Crown.