Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

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...

Another squirter featuring an under-clad damsel and her pussycat, but the look on this rather formidable looking femme suggests she does not...

This rather demure damsel holding her orange tabby has been in my collection for many years. She is a squirter; the high crown of her bonnet...

I finally completed the updating of my hallway bathroom, including the removal of the outdated and oversized wall mirror that ran the length...

I recently came across more pages from the album printed by William S. Kimball and Company for its 1889 "Fancy Bathers" cigarette...