Bibelot:
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity. [Dictionary.com]
Somehow, that one’s evaded my notice for decades. Yes, yes, I know there is, or was, a store chain named the same. I thought it was just a proper name. Noted in “The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’,” Karen Heller, WaPo:
Norma [in Sunset Blvd (1950)] has a weakness for massive jewelry, and gifts Joe with gold bibelots. Trump has a taste for gilding everything from domiciles to escalators. Norma brands her 1929 Isotta Fraschini 8A with her initials. Trump also likes to leave a mark, stamping his name onto all his properties.
