Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

Although their vaudeville career was relatively brief, the Five Barrisons Sisters inspired a wide variety of naughty novelties, as can be s...

A new neko of brown bizen ware.

Previously on this blog, I posted videos featuring various clockwork cuties by Zaiden Toy Works . The post included this March 8, 1922, ...

New information with a discussion of  Hirado ware .

Well, Long Tall Sally, she's Built for speed, she got Everything that Uncle John need Oh, baby Yes, baby Wooh, baby Havin...

This blond brother and sister are all ready for a day at the beach and a dip in the ocean.  Arms linked, they prepare to stroll out on th...

Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come Watching the ships roll in And then I watch ...

Now with more darling ducks!

This exquisitely elegant aristocratic lady is a vision indeed. By Galluba and Hofmann, this this half doll holds a pair of binoculars in he...

You're supposed to brighten up a place And laugh, Clown, laugh! Paint a lot of smiles around your face And laugh, Clown, don'...

Tell this laughing lass to shake a leg and she will happily comply.  She appears to be peeking over the edge of her spread skirt, which for...

especially if it is as unique and alluring as this one!  This blog has featured various pieces of jewelry bearing bathing beauties , but t...

This coffee-colored cutie has had a few hard knocks in her long life, costing her a couple of fingers and a big toe, but she hasn't los...

Do a search for "Barrison" on this blog, and you will find a number of posts regarding the 5 Barrison Sisters, those voluptuous ...

No, this is not some new pandemic, but one dating from the fin de siècle ,  when five buxom blonde Danish-American sisters swept across Eur...

I have added another maneki neko to my page , this one with very unusual sleeping glass eyes.

As noted before on this blog, I also collect antique dolls as well as bathing beauty figurines and sometimes my two collections overlap.  Th...

Come with me, my love To the sea, the sea of love I want to tell you how much I love you Philip Baptiste (Phil Phillips) and George...

This pretty pair of bisque vases feature bathing beauties toying with their beach towels. Both are incised underneath with the Carl Schnei...

I have not been posting because I was in the midst of purchasing a new home and then moving and unpacking.  But as things have settled down...