Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

Figural powder dishes featuring a Pierrot hoisting a lovely lass onto his back or shoulders while she displays a length of lithe leg were a ...

This blog has featured a number of bronze bathing beauties and naughty novelties from Austria, specifically Vienna, which, beginning in the ...

This articulated mermaid charm or pendant can clearly express her thoughts or feelings with a wave of her intricately jointed tail. Just 1.5...

A new addition to my maneki neko page  is this handsome black cat attributed to the Kutani kilns of Japan's  Ishikawa Prefecture.

 This pretty powderpuff lass is clad only in her ruffled collar and her fluffy marabou feather skirt. She comes in what appears to be the bo...

Following up on my previous post featuring an item of ivory erotica from Japan, I thought I would post this meditative female nude. Also of ...

I had earlier posted about the idealized image, and tragic reality, of the Japanese oiran . This superbly sculpted ivory cigarette holder fe...

Added to my collection, and my maneki neko page , is this wonderful, and very unusual, antique lucky cat and kitten carved from fine marble.

I currently volunteer at the charity consignment shop, Next-to-New. I also write their blog , "Treasures from Our Trove," highligh...

The only thing more daring than the décolleté on this bathing beauty's skimpy swimwear. . . . is the backward glance, revealing that, ex...

And she most certainly is striking! At 17 inches tall, this lovely lady was no doubt intended to be a countertop display mannequin. Jointed ...

These antique cuff links were a gift from a very dear and thoughtful friend. Under a high curved dome of clear glass, a graceful bathing bel...

Previously this blog has featured a couple of lithe leggy beauties from Hertwig and Company's series of " Negligé-Damen gekleidet ...

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 ...

 . . .and I think this middle-aged bathing belle is utterly gorgeous. From the firm of Galluba and Hofmann, better known to collectors for t...

This bronze bathing belle poses on her marble pedestal. Wrapped in a towel, perhaps she is contemplating a dip in the waves, or maybe she is...

Although in the West, people generally refer to any figurine or image of a traditionally dressed Japanese woman as a "geisha," the...