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A novelty item is a small manufactured adornment, especially a personal adornment.

lty items are generally devices that do not fit into another category such as gadgets, by virtue of being impractical, but this distinction is often blurred. Toy
Toy

A toy is an object used in Play . Toys are usually associated with children and pets, but it is not unusual for adult humans and some non-Domesticationated animals to play with toys....
s for adults are generally classed as novelties.


Novelties in history
The French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 mathematician and astronomer Pierre Hérigone
Pierre Hérigone

Pierre H?rigone was a France mathematics and astronomy.Of Basque people origin, H?rigone taught in Paris for most of his life....
 (1580-1643) describes a novelty item that was a camera obscura
Camera obscura

The camera obscura is an optical device used, for example, in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography....
 in the form of a goblet.






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A novelty item is a small manufactured adornment, especially a personal adornment.

Novelty item


This term covers a range of small manufactured goods, such as

  • antiques
    Antiques

    An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era in human society....
  • collectibles
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  • executive toy
    Executive toy

    An executive toy is a useless, but stylish and funny novelty item that is usually a small mechanical gadget placed on the desk of a corporate executive....
    s
  • gadget
    Gadget

    A gadget is a small technological object that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention....
    s
  • tool
    Tool

    A broad definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other....
    s and implements


Novelty items are generally devices that do not fit into another category such as gadgets, by virtue of being impractical, but this distinction is often blurred. Toy
Toy

A toy is an object used in Play . Toys are usually associated with children and pets, but it is not unusual for adult humans and some non-Domesticationated animals to play with toys....
s for adults are generally classed as novelties.

Noveltyitems

Novelties in history


The French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 mathematician and astronomer Pierre Hérigone
Pierre Hérigone

Pierre H?rigone was a France mathematics and astronomy.Of Basque people origin, H?rigone taught in Paris for most of his life....
 (1580-1643) describes a novelty item that was a camera obscura
Camera obscura

The camera obscura is an optical device used, for example, in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography....
 in the form of a goblet. Hérigone's goblet-camera obscura was constructed in such a way that you could spy on others while taking a drink. The device's 45-degree angle mirror had a stylized opening for the lens. The goblet had a cup made of glass where images could be seen. The lid bore a magnifying lens at the top.

One of the most popular novelty items in recent history was the Singing Big Mouth Billy Bass
Big Mouth Billy Bass

Big Mouth Billy Bass is an Audio-Animatronics singing toy, resembling a Largemouth Bass, popular in 2000 and 2001. Made of rubber stretched over a mechanical frame, at first glance it closely resembles a taxidermy fish....
, manufactured by Gemmy Industries
Gemmy Industries

Gemmy Industries is a company headquartered in Coppell, Texas which produces seasonal and novelty items, including Big Mouth Billy Bass....
. It is rumoured that over 20 million original pieces were sold in 12 months during 2000 and 2001. The total amount of copies or knock offs sold is said to be greater than that.

One of the most recent successful novelty items is Polly the Insulting Parrot. Sold by the US chain store Spencer Gifts and online by Gifts Australia this vulgar animated parrot lets numerous profanities go as you walk past it. It was developed by Australian novelty maunfacturer MDI Australia.

In 2007 Thule
Thule

Thule is, in classical literature, a place, usually an island. Ancient European descriptions and maps locate it either in the far north, often Iceland, possibly the Orkney Islands or Shetland Islands or Scandinavia, or in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance Iceland or Greenland....
 a Swedish based company procured the rights to manufacture and distribute the Monsterball. A plastic tow hitch which is six inches in diameter. The very size and material of the product makes it unusable for any towing purposes. Therefore` it can only be marketed as a Novelty Tow Hitch.

List of novelty items

  • X-Ray Specs
    X-Ray Specs (novelty)

    X-Ray Specs are an American novelties, purported to allow the user to see through or into solid objects. Instead, though, the glasses merely create an optical illusion; no X-rays are involved....


See also

  • Notion
    Notion (accessory)

    A notion is an accessory in the sewing industry. The word is usually used in the plural. Notions are sewn or glued onto garments and manufactured goods; their manufacture is an industry in itself....


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