Phallic bibelots

Oct 9, 2008

Does Priapus rule the month of October? Having this lot appear in the same week makes it seems likely. The carved carnelian sealing ring above comes via Silent-Porn-Star.

Then this Vivienne Westwood pendant turned up at Fabulon.

Finally, there’s the discovery of two artists producing phallic glasswork. Paul Thomas created the pendants above while Jamie Burress is responsible for the penis table.

Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The gay artists archive

Previously on { feuilleton }
• Phallic worship
• The art of ejaculation

5 comments or trackbacks

#1 posted by Yvonne

Oct 9th, 2008

Your post reminds me of 2 posts I wrote a couple of years back about ithyphallic deities and sheela-na-gigs…
#2 posted by John

Oct 10th, 2008

Heh, the statue of Bes is a very flamboyant creature. Many of the phallic gods on Egyptian temples had their penises chipped away unfortunately. The phallus is also one of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, unsurprisingly since they used all parts of the human body. There’s two forms, one with an emission and one without, the latter being the word mt for man.

The sheela-na-gigs always amuse me since they prove definitively that the church was never as innocent as some like to pretend today.
#3 posted by Nathalie

Oct 10th, 2008

I would love to have that coffee table and see how long it might get to guests to figure out the design…
#4 posted by John

Oct 10th, 2008

The table is sold, unfortunately. I wonder who was the lucky person since it seems to be a unique item.
#5 posted by Thombeau

Oct 13th, 2008

YAY!!!