Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

In addition to bathing beauty figurines, I also collect antique dolls, and this bright-eyed beach babe is a terrific tiny "two-fer....

Recently I posted these pages from an original Hertwig and Company catalog . The pages are from the section of the catalog dealing with eart...

 to the Hertwig catalog . 

 . . . with more updates to the Hertwig catalog . I have been doing some traveling, as well as being involved in some other projects, but I ...

This languorous lass appears to be working on her tan, but she is already a beautiful golden bronze. Just 5 inches long, this sensual sculpt...

As they roll upon the shore What are the wild waves saying? As they roll in more and more They seem to say "I adore you And I want your...

This shapely sow spreads her swirling skirt, forming a small shallow dish for holding pins or trinkets. Her sly smile suggests that she has ...

At first glance these pretty pin dishes seem nearly identical. Each is of excellent sharp bisque and portrays a beautiful bathing belle in a...

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...