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As the Victorian era passed into the Edwardian and Roaring Twenties, a market developed for bisque and china bawdy novelties and figurines of women in revealing outfits. Although now most of these figurines seem more coy and cute than ribald and risque, in their time they symbolized the casting off of the perceived restraints of the Victorian era.

These little lovelies included bathing beauties, who came clad in swimsuits of real lace or in stylish painted beach wear, as well as mermaids, harem ladies, and nudies, who were meant to wear nothing more than an engaging smile. Also produced were flippers, innocent appearing figurines who reveal a bawdy secret when flipped over, and squirters, figurines that were meant to squirt water out of an appropriate orifice.

Most were manufactured in Germany from the late 1800s through the 1930s, often showing remarkable artistry and imagination, with Japan entering the market during World War I.

Friday, September 5, 2025

Yet Another Coquette in a Corset

The German firm of Schafer and Vater loved to make things in a series. This blog has already featured several of its coquettes in corsets series. These curvaceous cuties gad about in their white combination undergarments, with a blue corset cinching their waists and pushing up their already ample bosoms. There only other accessories are Schafer's trademark black stockings, reddish orange heeled boots, and a big blue blossom adorning their blond tresses. This lovely lass is the sixth one I have found in this series and who knows what other poses are still out there. However, this bisque belle apparently wants to be loved as much for her mind as her body, as she looks up from her reading.  And what weighty tome of history, philosophy, or the sciences is she reading?


Oh, never mind. . . . Five inches long, this voluptuous bookworm is unmarked.
 


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