Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

Throughout Europe, shoes have long been a symbol of prosperity, luck, and fertility. With the expansion of the porcelain industry, and the V...

This large and lovely bathing beauty is an unusual example from the German firm of William Goebel. Her excellent china was made with precolo...

Beating time to bounding feet,  When, after daylight's golden set,  Maids and youths by moonlight meet. Maltese Air , Thomas Moore (1779...

At first glance this big-eyed bathing belle appears to be another of the wide variety of chalkware or composition "beach dolls" wh...

This china cutie in a canoe is another diminutive bathing belle  by William Goebel, the shallow boat-shaped bowl suitable for holding  rings...

Although unmarked, this china charmer is a documented model from Dressel, Kister, and Company.     Of beautiful glowing pale porcelain, wit...

This lounging lady is of ivory and hales from China.  Such reclining nude carvings are called "doctor's dolls," based on cl...

This nubile nude leaning against a big bright beach ball is unmarked, but has the amber painted eyes with sultry gray shadowing typical of ...

In Austin, we are now into the dog days of summer, those long days of simmering searing heat. The term comes from the early Greeks, who no...

  He's a cold-hearted snake  Look into his eyes  Oh oh oh  He's been tellin' lies  He's a lover boy at play  He...

but with nothing in-between, this long-legged lass is from the German firm of Fasold and Stauch.  Of excellent china and 9 inches tall, s...

This nubile nude is a real swinger. In the Victorian home, every possible inch was decorated, including airspace. Bisque and china figurine...

Although only 2.25 inches tall, this china full-figure bathing beauty pincushion doll displays amazing detail, from her delicately painted ...