Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

The image of a handsome beach beau courting a beauteous bathing belle who is seated in a wicker beach chair has appeared before on this blog...

Posing provocatively on her pillow, this extraordinarily lovely lady is by my favorite maker of bathing belles and nubile nudes, A. W. Fr. K...

This china cutie in a canoe is another diminutive bathing belle  by William Goebel, the shallow boat-shaped bowl suitable for holding  rings...

Learn about the function served by this miniature maneki neko .

Perched on the edge of a black and white checkerboard dish for rings or trinkets, this tiny china bathing belle is by William Goebel. Goebel...

According to the label on the bottom of this celluloid cutie's cardboard base, she "Passed TCTMA Inspection." Certainly this b...

A couple of weeks ago this blog featured an elongated bathing belle by the German firm of Schafer and Vater. Here is another long and lithe ...

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...