Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

Although “naddelkissen” sounds like a Germanic term of endearment, it refers to the utilitarian pincushion. But, thanks to creative German ...

Blonde , buxom, and bawdy, the Five Barrison Sisters once billed themselves as the "wickedest girls in the world." Granted they...

In 1879, Italian artist Odoardo Tabbachi created "La Tuffolina" (the diver). According to a June 21, 1879, supplement to Scien...

This bathing beauty is actually the top of a very big powder box. Standing 10 inches tall, she is made of ceramic and decorated in a bold a...

This page from an old Hertwig and Company catalogue displays two delectable damsels clad only in teddies of sheer lace, trimmed with fine ri...

Looking both defiant and delectable in her roguishly open short robe, this gorgeous gamine is of excellent bisque. She is 5.5 inches tall a...

Actually there is no mystery who made this masked mademoiselle, because on the back of her base is the crowned intertwined "G" and...

A fellow collector alerted me to this image, appearing on the youtube video, Masculine Women, Feminine Men (it appears at 1.27). The rea...

This beautiful belle hides a secret under her hinged bustle. . . . . . which, when lifted, reveals a brown beetle crawling up her ba...

This bisque bathing belle has been appearing for years in antiques markets and online auctions. She is something of a lady of mystery. S...

In 1997, my parents spent the summer in Florence, Italy, where my father was teaching a summer law course. My mother found this exquisite p...