This week on eBay I see a pair of Charleton Mantel Lusters by the same company that made the pair on the I Love Lucy show. They are painted differently but are the same shape as the set on the show. I would add some teardrop prisms to them to be more like the originals instead of the small prisms.
In the LA based episode “Lucy Gets in Pictures” Lucy is seen using a small glass bud vase as a pencil holder. I see one or two just like it on eBay this week. Following is an example with a handy link to search results on ebay in case you missed it.
This is a small glass bud vase with cranberry color base and gold trim. The size of the vase is about 3 3/4″ tall with a 2″ top diameter and 1½” diameter base. The gold tends to be worn on the examples I’ve seen.
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I noticed this mid-century pair of 14″ Asian style figurines by Stewart B McCulloch on eBay recently. Unusually, they were listed separately by the same seller. Bidding started at US$98.00 for each statue with a Buy Now option. The Winning bid for the female statue was US$121.50 and the male companion statue sold for a Buy it Now of US$250.00., both were bought by the same seller.
The statues are the same as the pair seen on the mantelpiece on I Love Lucy, except for minor differences, the pair on the show were pink instead of yellow – which we know from pictures of the original – see earlier post – and some differences in the hand painted floral motif on the garment.
Here is an interesting find, an I Love Lucy Desilu prop, seen as far back as the first season, spotted in the 1968 movie Yours, Mine and Ours, starring Lucille Ball, more evidence that some of the original ILL props were reused in later productions.
A closer detail shot tells us it is a match for one of a pair the Borghese oval fashion prints over the fireplace on I Love lucy
The picture on the right is a match!
Many thanks to John for a great contribution!
Related post: http://www.50slucy.com/borghese-framed-fashion-lady-print-as-seen-on-i-love-lucy.html
Company Credits: Desilu Productions, Walden Productions
Framed Cavalry Prints on I Love Lucy
In a previous post we looked at small military prints in the livingroom on I Love Lucy. The pictures on the show are mid-century framed reproductios from an old book on broad sword exercises with some color added. The vintage framed prints are hard to find. However I found that the original book is archived online so you could print out some to frame. Below is a scan of the page showing pictures from the book like those seen above in the screen grab from the show.
Source:
https://books.google.ie/books?id=UfwpAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage
https://archive.org/details/newsystemofbroad00step
A blog reader (who heard it directly from Lucie Arnaz) mentioned to me recently that Lucille Ball liked to use the fragrance Florida Water. Florida Water is a classic unisex cologne – also used as an aftershave – that dates back to 1808. It has a sweet orange fragrance with notes of lavender and clove. (Click Here for a selection at Amazon)
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Water
These mid-century inspired sofas remind me of the style seen on the I Love Lucy show. They come in a range of colors – more details at the DWR Design Within Reach website.
http://www.dwr.com/category/living/sofas/bantam.do
Thanks to J Delassio for spotting them.
Seen on eBay this week a pair of vintage Charleton mantel lusters similar to those seen on the piano on I Love Lucy – the shape and make is the same but the painting style and prisms are not an exact match however the design is similar.
More details on eBay at http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-I-LOVE-LUCY-SHOW-ANTIQUE-MANTLE-LUSTERS-LUSTRES-CANDLE-LAMPS-SPEAR-PRISMS-/391474858951
In the I Love Lucy Episode Men Are Messy, Lucy gets on the cover of Look magazine. The picture of Lucy on the cover was mocked up from an actual issue of LOOK magazine from August 14, 1951
In I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 19 – The Club Ricky Ricardo eats from a large can of Van Camp’s Pork & Beans. The brand name is covered over for the screen but the tin is recognizable.
From vancampsbeans.com: “Pork & Beans
America’s #1 Pork & Beans since 1909! Van Camp’s Pork & Beans traces its roots back to 1861 when Gilbert Van Camp and his wife Hester opened a family grocery store in Indianapolis, IN where they canned fruits and vegetables. Gilbert’s son, Frank, discovered that their Pork & Beans tasted even better when served hot in tomato sauce. He began to advertise the notion, and an American favorite was born. ”
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