Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

Send your camel to bed Shadows painting our faces Traces of romance in our heads Heaven's holding a half-moon Shining just for ...

. . . .who is the fairest in the land?"  As posted previously on this blog, there was a fad for artistic smoking paraphernalia in the ...

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, "dish" can refer to "a more or less concave vessel from which food is served...

We'll meet again Don't know where Don't know when But I know we'll meet again some sunny day Keep smiling through...

Previously, this blog featured a lovely Edwardian lady who appeared to be preparing to puff a cigarette, a suggestive and shocking habit...

Like painting one's face or showing one's ankles, smoking was something a proper Victorian woman would never consider doing, at lea...

Striking a playful pose with a feline friend, this 5-inch long bisque bathing beauty is part of a scarce series by Galluba and Hofmann of l...

This belle in a bustle by the German firm of Carl Thieme has appeared previously on this  blog , but recently I came across what may be the ...

Spain appears to be the land of mujeres misteriosas .  This unusual and sultry señorita recently arrived from that country.  Of a hollow p...

Green and purple wigs and trouser skirts sound considerably worse than they look.  The Poiret version of the latter is a far more attractiv...

Let me make you smile Let me do a few tricks Some old and then some new tricks I'm very versatile And if you're real good ...

Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumental alabaster. Othello,   Act 5, Scene 2, William Shakespeare ...

This whimsical ink and watercolor illustration portrays two anthropomorphised pussycats in Edwardian bathing suits, a female feline serenel...

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

Over many years of collecting, I have added assorted other bathing-beauty themed items along with my china and bisque belles.  While stra...