Spurlin Ceramics (tiki mugs) · Companiesmixed Spurlin Ceramics was a small Lynwood, California pottery run by designer Stella Bodey (née Spurlin) from about the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Working with Oceanic Arts, it made some of the earliest tiki mugs, drink bowls and lamp figures for Polynesian restaurants, and its pieces are now prized collectibles.
Spurlin Cobra's Fang mugs · Products & Brandsweak 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 & Brandsweak 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 Dairy (Carlsbad, New Mexico) · Companiesweak Spurlin Dairy was a mid-20th-century family dairy in Carlsbad, New Mexico, run by Elmer Odell and Gladys Spurlin alongside their Black River Village ranch; its glass milk bottles, several described with orange pyroglazed "Spurlin Grade A Dairy" lettering, range from a small creamer to half-gallon jugs and now turn up in collector marketplaces.
Spurlin Island Chief ("Husband Killer") tiki mug · Products & Brandsmixed 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 records and recordings (collectible vinyl) · Products & Brandsstrong 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 Vicious Virgin mug and bowl · Products & Brandsmixed 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.