Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

Another old catalog featuring bathing belles, this one from S.K. Novelty Company in Brooklyn, New York.  Its offerings are the type of comp...

You spin me right 'round, baby Right 'round like a record, baby Right 'round, 'round, 'round You spin me right ...

Halloween means dressing up in costumes, or in the case of this little treat, dressing down in a barely-there exotic ensemble of molded bea...

New posting on my Hertwig Extraordinary Anthropomorphic Animals  page!

Although wax half dolls and bathing belles were popular decorative items in the early 1900s, few have survived.  Bisque and china will cert...

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...