I dont have an exact match yet for the Ricardo’s bedside tripod lamps but similar atomic style tripod cylinder lamps can be found online to create a similar look. Below is an example of a mid century tripod lamp with fibreglass shade on eBay this week:
On ebay this week there is a B.O. Garantie coffe grinder (CLICK HERE to see it on eBay) that could be restored to look like the coffee grinder on I Love Lucy which we looked at in a previous post The B.O. Garantie grinder is the only other one I have seen that exactly matches the shape of the coffee grinder on the I Love Lucy show as seen below in a previous side by side comparison.
It would need to be stripped and repainted /varnished and an ivy leaf decal painted/applied to the front to get the same look as the one on the show. See previous post for more details:
http://www.50slucy.com/lucy-ricardos-coffee-grinder.html
Previous post updated with new informaton regarding the signature on a match for Lucy’s Rooster figurine at http://www.50slucy.com/lucys-rooster-figurine.html The same mold is seen both signed and unsigned and was used by Kay Finch but the closest pair I found with markings like those seen on the show has “M.K.” on the base
This Borghese chalkware/plaster framed fashion print matches one of a pair of oval pictures seen on the chimney breast in the Ricardo’s livingroom of their first apartment.
Listed on eBay HERE
Happy New Year!
The original vintage print reproduction of a 1922 Maurice Utrillo lithograph is offered on eBay this week. I have only seen a few of these on offer since I started this blog so we may not see another like it for some time.
Read more about the original print on the show in my previous post:
http://www.50slucy.com/i-love-lucy-prop-utrillo-painting-print.html
The newly colorized Lucy Does a TV Commercial “Vitameatavegamin” episode from I Love Lucy plus “The Christmas Episode,” which is now colorized in its entirety, is to be aired tonight, Dec. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
If you are familiar with vintage versions of the original props we have identified on this blog it should be interesting to compare them to colorized versions in the new episode.
Wishing you a happy and joyous holiday!
In the I Love Lucy episode Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums Fred Mertz is seen reading a copy of Sports Illustrated dated Nov 22 1954. This was actually Season 6 (1956–57) of I Love Lucy and the film date of this episode was June 28, 1956 which aired on October 8, 1956 so the magazine was over a year and a half old when the episode was filmed. This was not just any back issue though, it was the magazine’s first cover to feature a professional football player.
Vol. 1 No. 15 Sports Illustrated November 22, 1954 with San Francisco 49ers quarterback and Hall of Famer Y.A. Tittle on the front cover.
See one on eBay HERE
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y._A._Tittle
When Ricardo’s and the Mertzes board their Pan Am flight to return from their European tour Ethel is seen carrying her new PAA flight bag. “Isn’t that cute!” she says to Fred. “That’ll come in handy won’t it.”
Below is a collectible vintage Cinzano ashtray like one seen in the Ricardo’s hotel room in the screen capture above. At that time Cinzano was still a family run business based in Turin Italy that had been in business since the 1700’s. The I Love Lucy set dresser added well chosen European pieces to evoke a sense of place for the Ricardo’s trip to Europe, in this instance to decorate the set of Lucy and Ricky’s Monte Carlo hotel room.
Lucy’s pair of Victorian style toleware tea tins can be seen on the kitchen window ledge in her Early American Connecticut home. They are cylindrical tin tole painted tea caddys. Shabby antique tea tins can still be found in the characteristic toleware hand painted style on black laquered tin. Lucy’s set are quite shabby and are in keeping with the Early American style of the Ricardo’s new home in the country.
