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Physical Characteristics
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Material
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Glass
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Shape
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handle
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Dimensions
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5" x 3"
(12.7cm x 7.6cm)
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Capacity
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? fl. oz.
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Optimal drink size
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? fl. oz.
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Decorative Characteristics
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Coloring
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Brown mainly
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Imagery
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Animal
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Marking
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"Porpoise Island, Great Smoky MTS."
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In the Collection of:
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creecher
Trader
267 mugs
Member since Sep 17, 2010
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Purchased from
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Vintage/Antiques Store
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Price paid
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$5.00
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Tags
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Fiesta Ware, Made in USA
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Distinguishing
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Porpoise Island Glass Rum Barrel Mug
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We live down the road from where this attraction once stood. I remember going there as a kid and it was polly pop heaven in East Tennessee.
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From Porpoise Island, Pigeon Forge TN, a Tiki Location
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Manufactured by Benner Glass Company
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This amber brown barrel-shaped mug is Siesta Ware. It has a handle attached to two brass bands that encircle the mug near the top and the bottom. The brown glass mug features several images in yellow, including a porpoise, a hula girl, deer, a performing seal, and a piano-playing bird. Porpoise Island was an 18-acre Hawaiian-themed amusement park. Every year, the owner would go to Hawaii to audition young entertainers to play at his park during the summer. The park featured a Polynesian revue, bird and porpoise shows, and a deer petting zoo. In the theme park's TV commercials there were women dressed in Hawaiian garb (grass skirts, bikini tops and leis) doing the hula.
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