Curious Objects
Saturday, 1 September 2012

Indifferent Luck

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 Click on image to see large size If only Marina of Mayfair could have foretold for me that I wasn't going to be able to blog for...
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Monday, 16 July 2012

Cut-up Cakes

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This charming recipe leaflet from 1959 was designed to promote Baker's Angel Flake Coconut as a cake decorating ingredient. Basically...
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Friday, 13 July 2012

Friday Postcards - Kittens, Kittens, Kittens!

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Postcard kittens fit in many receptacles. Kittens in baskets. Kittens in a fruit bowl.  Kitten in a coffee pot. I have no reasonab...
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Thursday, 12 July 2012

Wherever There's Squirt...

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 ...there's Fun! Well, who knew?  I assume Squirt was just fizzy lemonade, like 7-up. As if a soft drink called Squirt wasn't marv...
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Bat-Socks, Bat-Pants

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When Tim Burton's 'Batman' film came out in 1989, an absurd amount of merchandise was released. Mr Kitsch was slightly obsesse...
Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Smoking Monkeys

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 Back in the 1980s, when I was an art student, I used to love going into joke shops. They had such wonderful stuff, often in very old-fash...
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Monday, 9 July 2012

Simple Direct Wording

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This advert is from the 1930s. Although Mr Shelley Castle promises to send you his formula "in simple direct wording", I someho...
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