Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

These colorful beach belles in their vivid bathing suits are part of an album printed by William S. Kimball and Company, who, in the 1880s, ...

Her This swan-diving sea siren is a vintage brass and enamel pin. It closes with an early version of t...

                                                        In olden days, a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, G...

An earlier post on this blog featured flapper bathing belles inspired by the works of illustrator Anne Harriet Fish , which included a Willa...

Certainly any lady this lovely deserves to be on a pedestal. This bisque belle by the German firm of Galluba and Hofmann comes attached to h...

 New post on my Maneki Neko page featuring this unusual Japanese souvenir spoon.

This marvelous mermaid must be part goldfish, as her lower body is clad in deep orange scales. Of excellent bisque, this sinuous sea siren i...

 . . . which is certainly what any collector would be by this delicate dancer in the remains of her original net costume. She is part of a  ...

After a detour via bronze, this post returns to the theme of bawdy bisque. This lissome lady appears to have forgotten her gavel, among othe...

A number of posts on this blog have featured  female figures with strategically placed kitty-cats, a double-entendre of "pussy" ...

Another belle in bronze, but far less brazen than the previously posted pair . This demure damsel is "Innocence" or "L'in...

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.