Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties

While mermaids have always been magical and mystifying, these sinuous sirens have mystery all their own. Of gilt bronze, these mermaids moun...

This luscious lady, barely glad in a gold bra top, has been dubbed "Mata Hari" by collectors, although there is very little resemb...

The nude nymph cringing at the little crustacean crawling up her calf has appeared previously on this blog . By the German firm of Carl Schn...

Singing alone, Combing her hair Under the sea, In a golden curl The Mermaid , Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1893 The image of a beautiful mermaid pe...

Check out my Maneki Neko Page to see this pretty kitty carved out of ivory.

This comic card tells a tale of the course of true love not quite running smoothly in three acts, or more correctly, folds. When the card is...

Read about this latest addition to my maneki neko page.  

This shadowbox frames a comic print from 1904 that features a young shoeshine boy enjoying an unexpected occupational benefit.  As he assidu...

My latest article for the on-line Museum of Aquarium and Pet History, entitled " Floating Folk; Badekinder and Bathing Beauties " ...

This 14-inch tall clear glass bottle features a bathing beauty pressed against a pillar of stone as she appears to ponder whether to enter t...

As I have mentioned previously on this blog, I collect antique dolls as well as bathing beauties and sometimes my two interests intersect. T...

Anyone who has followed this blog knows that one bathing beauty (or should I say beach beau?) I have been searching for is the male version ...

An update to my maneki neko page features two examples of another unusual variation of the Japanese lucky cat, the "neko ni tako"...

Pussyfooting can mean to act cautiously or timidly. Certainly, no one could accuse the Five Barrison Sisters of pussyfooting around in their...

My newest article  for the online Museum of Aquarium and Pet History.

This hand-painted suede book cover was a souvenir of Atlantic City, New Jersey. These suede souvenirs were apparently quite a fad for a time...

I'm a stranger in Paradise All lost in a wonderland A stranger in paradise If I stand starry eyed, That's a danger in Paradise For m...