Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

As a collector, there is always that one piece you feel you really must have to fill a gap in your collection. Those who have followed this ...

 Slowly but surely the work on the Hertwig catalog continues with more pages posted.

 More pages from the Hertwig and Company catalog have been posted.

 Four more pages have been added .

For those of you wondering what happened to the posting of the Hertwig and Company catalog, I was not happy with the way the photographs of ...

At first glance this big-eyed bathing belle appears to be another of the wide variety of chalkware or composition "beach dolls" wh...

. . . and it feels so good Reunited 'cause we understood There's one perfect fit And, sugar, this one is it We both are so excited ...

A little late for Black History Month, but this sensitive and superbly sculpted bisque figurine portrays an African-American toddler in stri...

This bronze belle covered in a cloak is another mechanical bronze work by Carl Kauba .  Of golden bronze, this lovely lady holds out her clo...

The fashionable crinoline or hoop skirts of the mid-1850s to the late 1860s, as appeared earlier on this blog, were a target of sometimes t...

 Some fresh felines join my maneki neko page.

You are the dancing queen Young and sweet Only seventeen Dancing queen Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah Dancing Queen , 1976, ABBA...

 The Hertwig catalog page has been updated and expanded!

A bisque bathing belle in her own  wicker beach chair would have been a most appealing seaside souvenir. And none could have been more all...

 Yet more pages posted from the original Hertwig and Company catalog.

 Additional pages from the Hertwig catalog  have been posted.

This youthful bathing belle is all ready to enjoy a day of sun and sand while lounging in her beach chair. In her right hand she holds a mol...

   Another kitty joins my Maneki Neko  cat clowder.

This little pooch may be begging for forgiveness, as he is a naughty novelty I call a "squirter." He is hollow and the opening on ...

 More pages added to the Hertwig and Company catalog .