chapter 15
A Bad Idea in the First Place
Wax Candy ★ Unretouched Nudist-Colony Magazine Photographs ★ Dionne Quintuplet Items ★ Transferware Decals ★ Paint by Numbers ★ Self-Serving Recipe Booklets ★ Bottoms-Up Glasses
Dionne Quintuplets dexterity game, c. 1936. Printed cardboard, glass, painted steel, and steel ball bearings, 3 1/2" high. USA
A Bad Idea in the First Place looks into objects that from the get-go were ill-conceived blunders made in innocence, misplaced zeal, or ill-will. As a consequence of the insensitivity that inspired them, they are infrequently encountered now (ex: wax candy, Dionne quintuplets artifacts, unretouched nudist colony photographs, decals, paintings by the numbers, self-serving recipe books, bottoms up glasses).
