Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

Thursday, April 8, 2021
Pin Up
Thursday, March 18, 2021
A Glimpse of Stocking
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Something Fishy
An earlier post on this blog featured flapper bathing belles inspired by the works of illustrator Anne Harriet Fish, which included a Willam Goebel perfume bottle with a pair of pretty bathers. I have since acquired another example of this scarce bottle with its even scarcer top, which is shaped like a black and pink parasol.
Friday, February 19, 2021
On a Pedestal
Monday, February 1, 2021
Friday, January 29, 2021
Undine in Orange
Thursday, January 14, 2021
En-meshed. . .
. . . which is certainly what any collector would be by this delicate dancer in the remains of her original net costume. She is part of a series by the German firm of Hertwig and Company of sinuous show-girls in exiguous outfits of black mesh. Of excellent bisque, she is 5.5 inches tall and is unmarked. The pedestal behind her is actually a small vase or match holder.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Madame Chair
There is a channel through her hips that could be used to attach her to a pincushion. Her current seat is an antique dollhouse chair. The slightly molded and tinted nipples are a unique characteristic of Kister's beautiful bisque belles. . .
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Wanna See My . . .Lady?
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Brazen Behavior!
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
Pillow Talk
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Another Tiny Treasure from William Goebel
This china cutie in a canoe is another diminutive bathing belle by William Goebel, the shallow boat-shaped bowl suitable for holding rings or small trinkets. Goebel created a series of these Lilliputian lasses, either adorning utilitarian trinket dishes or pincushion tops or simply as itty-bitty bathing beauties. The miniature maiden is a mere 1.5 inches tall and the dish is 4.5 inches long.
Goebel may have liked small bathers, but it was big on markings. Underneath the dish carries the Goebel crowned "G" and "W," both incised and in blue. It is further incised "RF 666" (this dainty dish, posted previously on this blog, also has a 600 number) and "Dep," as well as being stamped in black "Germany." There is also a red freehand "W."
Monday, October 12, 2020
Thursday, October 8, 2020
This Goebel Girl Gets Around. . . .
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Passing with Flying Colors

This lissom lass is beautifully modeled and painted. Her coloring appears as bright as the day it left the factory and her alluring expression and large blue eyes are exceptionally attractive.