porcelain pistols at teatime? Don't mind if I do.

Kathy Jackson of The Cornered Cat (now in book form, too!) directed me to a Retronaut page with some wild shoes from 1939 she thought I'd find intriguing.  She knew whereof she spoke!

Retronaut is great, actually, and I found these porcelain pistols rendered by an artist whose statements are listed with the photographs.  The artist states:

Its coolness and comfortable grip increase the qualms of the user, leaving him in a quandary between the pleasure of luxury and violence

Uh.  The only qualm I'd have is that this pistol is not actually functional. Plus any pistol I keep handy is there as a measure against violence that would harm myself or the fair person of anyone I hold dear.  And, depending on the company, it's probably not polite to have one's firing iron on the table during meal time, rather like leaving your hat on while eating, etc.  Still, they are very pretty. I'd like a few to hang on my wall.