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Roaches On My Cup and Saucer From Bailey Doesn't Bark

012908-roaches.jpg Earlier this month, Sarahc from Chicago reminded us of all the fantastic designs from Bailey Doesn't Bark. Each porcelain piece is full of whimsy with a side of humor. Yesterday they released a new design and although we think eating off 23k gold roaches is super fun, we're not so sure it's a setting we'd put out when we have our Grandparents over for dinner. Photos, pricing and links after the jump.

 
 

012909-roaches2.jpg Original artwork and creation by Re Jin Lee. They are hand decorated with three 23K gold roaches. One on each piece.


012909-roaches3.jpg Each set lists for $47 and comes with a white porcelain cup (2.4" x 4", 10OZ) and saucer (5.75"). Would they be a purchase for your home? Or will you pass on this one?

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    Comments (29)

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    posted by Marie-Eve on January 29th 2009 at 3:28pm
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    Oh. Damn. More bugs. Art smaaaart. Gross.

    posted by scarletdog on January 29th 2009 at 3:40pm
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    Hideous.

    posted by Henrietta the Terrible on January 29th 2009 at 3:41pm
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    Eeew. No. Absolutely not. The ants were bad enough.

    posted by J on January 29th 2009 at 3:43pm
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    i LOVE these. i'm gonna get some right after i buy those plates i wanted with dog poo painted on them.

    posted by mfpants on January 29th 2009 at 3:51pm
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    No no no no no no no no no!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!

    posted by rockypondgirl on January 29th 2009 at 3:52pm
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    pass!

    posted by soontobeweisner on January 29th 2009 at 3:56pm
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    *grin*

    I had to come back and see this again. Mfpants, I was thinking about maybe a soup bowl with a big ol' wad of human hair etched into the glaze at the bottom would be sweet.

    posted by scarletdog on January 29th 2009 at 3:57pm
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    I'll eat 1000 meals off the Dexter Bloody Plates before i ever look at these again, thanks.

    posted by Tinyvoices on January 29th 2009 at 3:58pm
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    Ew disgusting. No roach in any form should exist in my place.

    posted by dominiquealis on January 29th 2009 at 3:59pm
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    I agree, too gross to be ironically funny....

    posted by kfish on January 29th 2009 at 4:17pm
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    I must be in the minority here, but I think these are beautiful! 23K gold roaches, makes me giggle

    posted by Hollie on January 29th 2009 at 4:18pm
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    This is revolting on every level. I'm a professional artist and I don't like it even a little.

    posted by medusa12120 on January 29th 2009 at 4:23pm
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    Yes! I think they're very witty and beautiful. How many baby deer and owls can the design world stand?

    posted by Persephone on January 29th 2009 at 4:58pm
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    Fun to display only. I would not serve on these and I would not eat off of them. I think it's daring that they're experimenting with offbeat motifs, but for me personally I can't think about certain things when I'm eating or else I'll gag -- like hair, vomit, bugs, and worms. Again, for display - fine.

    posted by decor8Holly on January 29th 2009 at 4:59pm
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    EEEEeeeeekkkkk! No way would I ever want this in my home! This really misses the mark when it comes to appeal.

    posted by suzy8track on January 29th 2009 at 5:09pm
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    Why would you want this?

    posted by LilyC on January 29th 2009 at 5:13pm
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    Insects illustrated in detail can be beautiful. These look like gold blobs shaped like cockroaches. I think that the joke would wear off very quickly.

    I used to have coffee cups with frogs sitting in the bottom of them (three-dimensional). The frogs would appear bit by bit as you drank your beverage. They were cute and fun to surprise people with: they were a gag. And I bet they cost about $5 apiece. But a $47 gag? No.

    posted by Forestdweller on January 29th 2009 at 5:14pm
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    Oh now that's just horrific. Literally *any* other insect or creature I would be fine with. But not waterbugs.. Cringe!

    posted by Brooklynnina on January 29th 2009 at 5:28pm
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    witty but *eeeeewwwwwwww....*

    posted by travislessness on January 29th 2009 at 5:42pm
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    Y'all are making me feel like a weirdo: I love them!

    posted by reallymadcow on January 29th 2009 at 5:46pm
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    Yuk! Talk about killing my appetite.

    posted by modernguy on January 29th 2009 at 5:51pm
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    I appreciate the idea but I'd give the execution itself a pass.

    posted by martigny on January 29th 2009 at 6:30pm
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    I dont' need to buy these -- i have too many real ones...

    posted by Kat1 on January 29th 2009 at 6:32pm
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    HELL TO THE NAW!!!

    posted by madampince on January 29th 2009 at 8:05pm
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    Nope. Not for me. I still cringe when I remember a woman I didn't know very well visiting me at home after I had my daughter. We served our guest coffee, and she looked down at her cup and quietly got up and put the cup in the sink without drinking out of it. When she left, I looked at the cup, and of course, there was a roach floating in the coffee.

    I never saw that woman again.

    Hey! It only happened ONCE! What can I say? The landlord was a monster and I had to take him to court to get an extermination.

    And, it was a cute pottery cup with a smiling face in relief at the bottom. Unfortunately, she never got to see it, and I have a lifelong humiliating memory.

    No 14K roaches at the bottom of my cup for me.

    posted by AustinSarah2 on January 29th 2009 at 8:55pm
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    From antlers to antennae ...

    posted by Jean on January 29th 2009 at 10:24pm
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    No friggin way do I want to eat on that.

    posted by gryt on January 30th 2009 at 12:34pm
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    All this reminds me of is the time I was sipping a cappuccino in a nice little café and found myself holding a parboiled cockroach between my lips.

    posted by luna on January 30th 2009 at 2:53pm
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