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Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties: German Bathing Beauties and Their Risqué Kin
Sharon Hope Weintraub
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Description for Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties: German Bathing Beauties and Their Risqué Kin
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 410 color photos. BIC Classification: WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1278.
As the Victorian era passed into the Edwardian and Roaring Twenties, a market developed for bisque and china naughty novelties and figurines of women in revealing outfits. These little lovelies include bathing beauties, who came clad in swimsuits of real lace or stylish painted beach wear, as well as mermaids, harem ladies, and nudies, who wear only an engaging smile. Also produced were flippers (innocent appearing figurines who reveal a bawdy secret when flipped over) and water squirters. Most were manufactured in Germany from the late 1800s through the 1930s, often showing remarkable artistry and imagination. This photographic ... Read more
As the Victorian era passed into the Edwardian and Roaring Twenties, a market developed for bisque and china naughty novelties and figurines of women in revealing outfits. These little lovelies include bathing beauties, who came clad in swimsuits of real lace or stylish painted beach wear, as well as mermaids, harem ladies, and nudies, who wear only an engaging smile. Also produced were flippers (innocent appearing figurines who reveal a bawdy secret when flipped over) and water squirters. Most were manufactured in Germany from the late 1800s through the 1930s, often showing remarkable artistry and imagination. This photographic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764322150
SKU
V9780764322150
Shipping Time
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About Sharon Hope Weintraub
A longtime collector of vintage dolls and figurines, Sharon Hope Weintraub is also the author of Naughties, Nudies, and Bathing Beauties, now out of print. She resides in Austin, Texas, where she is an attorney for the state legislature.
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