Can you help identify this? - Collecting Tiki

TDH the drunken hat Member Modesto, CA Joined: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 331	TDH the drunken hat Posted posted on Mon, May 16, 2005 10:54 AM duke, they are the same size. i think it is the angle of the photo which gives the false impression. as for the quality , the islander bowl has much thicker walls and a more even glaze. however the tikis on the dick's bowl are way more sharp. but i guess if it is a later run it could be a newer mold. also do you know when dick's moved from downtown to inside the nugget in sparks? this bowl is marked from trader dick's john asquaga's nugget. asquaga bought the place from dick graves but i have no idea when. i have a post card that is postmarked in 1961 that shows dick's in its original location downtown. maybe bamboo ben can help with this since his uncle outfitted the place.

duke,

they are the same size. i think it is the angle of the photo which gives the false impression. as for the quality , the islander bowl has much thicker walls and a more even glaze. however the tikis on the dick's bowl are way more sharp. but i guess if it is a later run it could be a newer mold.

also do you know when dick's moved from downtown to inside the nugget in sparks? this bowl is marked from trader dick's john asquaga's nugget. asquaga bought the place from dick graves but i have no idea when. i have a post card that is postmarked in 1961 that shows dick's in its original location downtown.

maybe bamboo ben can help with this since his uncle outfitted the place.

Post #159265 by the drunken hat on Mon, May 16, 2005 10:54 AM