Tommy Bahama 2003 Tropical Nostalgia Mug
This hand-painted ceramic mug features, in bas-relief, a buxom, dark-haired woman wearing a brown dress with red hibiscus flowers and green palm fronds on it. She has a red hibiscus flower in her hair and is holding a woven backet, full of pineapples, in her left arm. She is standing on green grass against a blue background.
On the base of the mug in white lettering is “Tommy Bahama”. On the bottom of the mug is “Tommy Bahama”, “Tropical Nostalgia”, “2003″, and “Hand Made in China”. Also, impressed on the bottom is the letter “W”.
Tommy Bahama has released a series of mugs featuring a wahine, one each year, since 2002. This mug, titled “Tropical Nostalgia”, was released in 2003. Others include “Kimono Lady“, released in 2002, “Vacation Vixen“, released in 2004, “Just Duet” in 2005, and “Paradise Beach” in 2006.
Found in the Hawaiiana, Mug, Polynesian Pop, and Tommy Bahama Collections.