Kitsch, crass or collectable? Probably all three in varying degrees.
But the pottery stripper mugs that were so popular as barware some decades ago have an honourable history, originating apparently in much more seriously 'arty' form from Laguna Beach artist Dorothy Kindell.
This group - a 'metric set' of five plus (unpictured) a differently and rather more gaudily coloured repeat of mug #3 - were seen in passing and purchased from the unlikely locale of a dental technician's shopfront. Turned out the false teeth fitter's long-time receptionist had taken up pottery as a pastime after being widowed and had molded several sets of the mugs for fun.
These were the last and were had for, if memory serves one correctly, a mere 15 bucks AU.
So, assuming the full set was six, which stage of the stripper's routine is missing? Perhaps there's a clue in that she progresses abruptly from bestockinged to barelegged. Who knows?
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