The above figurines are similar to a pair seen on the shelf above the beds in Lucy and Ricky’s bedroom. Click Here to see them on eBay
The eBay listing describes them as bookends, but I doubt they are heavy enough to be used as standard bookends. They are vintage Made in Japan imports from the I Love Lucy era.
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Seen on eBay this week is a rare example of a famille rose Chinese made for export statue of a seated man. One issue I notice is that he should be holding a scythe/sickle with a curved blade in his left hand, but the blade of the scythe seems to be missing, but this is a small detail you would have to look closely to notice it This is a good find for a hard to find item if you are interested in vintage “Prop-alikes” similar to items seen on the show. This statue is similar to the one usually seen on the right of the living room mantelpiece on the set of I Love Lucy CLICK HERE to view the listing on eBay
Chinese statues on the I Love Lucy mantelpiece – the seated man is second statue from the left.
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This clock was seen on eBay recently and finished unsold so the seller may relist it. It is the same model and make as the clock seen on I Love Lucy. It is a working electric wall clock like the one on the show – these can optionally be converted to battery by switching out the movement, instructions can easily be found online. See more details about the clock on my previous post HERE.
See it on eBay HERE
The Westclox Baby Ben alarm clock can be seen in several episodes of I Love Lucy. In the above picture it is on the far right of the bedroom shelf. The Baby Ben was produced from February 1949 until it was discontinued 1956 – the initial price was $6.50. It was approx 3.5 inches tall and came in an ivory color finish with either a brown or white dial. The one on the show had a brown dial. There was a similar larger 5.5″ model called Big Ben, however we can tell the one on the show is the smaller Baby Ben model by comparing the height of the clock to the height of the figurines. The height of the seated man and woman figurines ( As seen on eBay HERE) in the center of the shelf is known to be around 4.5 inches tall and those appear to be taller than the clock in the above picture.
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In the previous post we looked at the Bohemian Glass pieces at each end of Lucille Ball’s Mantel. Pride of place in the center went to her antique Ansonia Royal Bonn porcelain clock. I found a picture of the similar clock on google image search and the color is green with floral motif which would co-ordinate with green and white bohemian pieces on the mantel.
An auction house (details and pictures here) gives this description for the Ansonia Rainbow model: Lot 54: Ansonia Clock Co., C.1905, standard line “RAINBOW”Session 1: Saturday Evening, May 15th 2010 at 5pm by R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts, LLC
“Description: Ansonia Clock Co., C.1905, standard line “RAINBOW” porcelain china cased clock, with 8-day, gong strike movement with open escapement on porcelain dial, in a medium green case, with multi color floral transfers to the front and sides.” Reference: Ly’s Ansonia book, page 602, fig 2564; price guide = $850 for year 2004. Height 11.25″
The “Rainbow” was produced from 1901 – 1915 in different colors such as green, violet, pink and blue. A similar clock in blue tones was sold on eBay recently- see details here.
Above we see a publicity picture of Lucille Ball at home in front of her fireplace, possibly at the Chatsworth ranch home.
At the ends of the mantel are a pair of bohemian glass pieces in the typical style seen on vases and mantel lusters. Crystal glass is coated usually with a white enamel and then a pattern is cut through to show the characteristic green or red glass underneath. Lucy’s pair look like vases, or mantel lusters without any hanging crystals.
Here is an example of pieces in a similar style seen on eBay currently
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_glass
Lucy sweeps the carpet in her fur coat in this publicity photo from the set of I Love Lucy.
Her carpet sweeper looks quite like the green Bissell Flight sweeper in the vintage ad below from WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION, Dec 1952
See vintage Bissell Sweepers on eBay
Seen on eBay this week is a vintage Accent third shaker set in original box with leaflet and the plastic rack just like the one we see in Lucy Ricardo’s Kitchen on top of the range. I have seen these before but never with the original leaflet in the box.This is a three shaker set of salt, pepper and Accent Flavor Enhancer. The shakers are large around 4 inches high which made them easy to identify on the set. Click here to see the Accent shaker set on eBay.
These sets are not made anymore but if you have a vintage set you can buy Accent seasoning on Amazon to put in the Accent third shaker.
Lucille Ball used Accent seasoning in her cooking. In her Goulash Recipe she writes “Salt and Pepper to taste, add Accent“. Home cooks at the time knew what she meant even though the ingredient list did not mention it. Accent Flavor Enhancer contains MSG which is now considered safe to consume in normal amounts, it is widely used in Chinese cooking and many commercial foods including popular brands such as Campbell’s Soups, Doritos and KFC.
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On eBay this week are a couple of cruet sets complete with original funnel, similar to the set in the Ricardo’s kitchen on I love lucy. Lucy’s set had an ivy pattern but these are from the same era and are a good substitute. Click on the pictures to see the eBay listings.
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