Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

The naughty bawdy vaudeville career of the Five Barrison Sisters was relatively brief, but, as can been seen on this blog, they were the in...

This intriguing reverse intaglio stickpin is another example of naughty novelty jewelry .  The image of a curvaceous diving belle on a ...

Romance comes to all in Summer, Spring or Fall  It came the day that I met you  And though you may seem a sweet and happy dream  Ye...

Bundled up in a beach blanket and bonnet, this lovely laughing bathing belle seems a bit covered up for a day of sand and sun. . . . ...

This antique charm features a rather prim-looking woman.  Out of gold toned metal it is just 1.5 inches high.  She appears to be rather ups...

She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me Come on and tease me like you do I'm so in love with you Squeeze Box , The Who  (197...

Her lips are like the cherries ripe That sunny walls from Boreas screen. They tempt the taste and charm the sight .                ...

This lovely lady cuddling her kitty while sitting on a settee is actually a smoking set.  Of excellent bisque, this unusual piece is 6.5 ...

I have previously posted about Grace Drayton's popular parody of the painting "September Morn" by French artist Paul Chabas....

Anne Harriet Fish (1890-1964), although born in Britain became a renown artist, illustrator, and cartoonist on both sides of the "pond...

Open the door, my princess dear,  Open the door to thy true love here!  And mind the words that thou and I said  By the fountain cool...

Naughty, bawdy, blonde, and voluptuous, the Five Barrison Sisters tantalized and shocked audiences in the 1890s with a vaudeville act spe...