Mid Century Planter TV Lamp stamped Stewart B McCulloch California Pottery just like the one on I Love Lucy available for sale on Etsy Click Here for details
A planter lamp just like this one was used as a planter on the shelf next to the kitchen, as seen in the screen capture below, in most of episodes of I Love Lucy, until they moved to the country. 
Read more details about this piece on my Previous post: I love Lucy Ricardo’s Pottery Planters
Here is a vintage Famille Rose Chinese export statue seen on eBay currently that reminds me of the seated man statue on the I Love Lucy Mantelpiece. Continue reading Chinese Seated Man Statue similar to one on I Love Lucy
Here we are looking at two different models of the Westinghouse Commander Range seen on the show.
A 1954 Westinghouse Commander Stove Model was seen on a later season of I Love Lucy, it looks similar to the 1950 model but the controls have a different layout.
There is a working 1954 Westinghouse Commander Stove Model BD-74 offered on eBay this week like the model that was seen in a later season of I Love Lucy. Click HERE to see details.
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No longer a commonplace item in the home, the matchbox holder was found in most homes in days gone by when matches were in constant use to light lamps, stoves and fires. Seen here in the kitchen, the wall mounted holder, usually of metal or wood, kept the matches dry and safely away from tiny hands.
Lucy’s matchbox holder is painted tin, in a design that can still be found by collectors, the floral nasturtium decal has a gingham check lower border.
I see a red version on Etsy this week Click Here for Details< Etsy (US)
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Tip: Vintage tin often has rust spots, use raw potato dipped in baking soda to gently clean rust spots, dry completely, a hairdryer on low heat is useful, then apply some oil to any bare spots where paint is missing to prevent more rust.
This is a Famille Rose Porcelain Statue of a scholar holding a book, made in China for export. It is often seen on the I Love Lucy set, usually near the planter at the center of the mantelpiece. It represents a scholar holding book. The pink robe reflects the fashion for using the color pink (or “rose” in french) for export market products and does not suggest this is a female, although collectors may mistakenly assume the character represents a women. Other times it appears on a high shelf above the door to the kitchen, or as pictured above, it is placed on a table. It is one of a pair of Chinese porcelain statues seen on the show. The other is the Chinese Famille Rose statue of a seated man mentioned in my previous post.
This statue is often listed under the name of Quan-Yin, the goddess. The pink statue pictured above shows a statue like the one on I Love Lucy that was sold on eBay recently details here.
It happens that there is a pair of very similar ones on eBay this week CLICK HERE to View.
See pictures from the current listing below: The pale pink one is very similar but the pose is a mirror image of the I love Lucy one. The second one on the listing is also very similar and the pose is correct but the clothing is not patterned.
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Christendom Astray – hardback
Author(s):Robert Roberts
Binding:Hardback
ISBN:9780851890135
Pages:272
Publisher:The Christadelphian
This books is seen in the screen capture on Ricky’s bedroom bookshelf.
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The framed print is of a Grandma Moses original painting entitled “So Long”. It is on of two prints seen near the entrance door of the Ricardo’s living room set.
Thanks to the generous commenter below we have an ID for the second Grandma Moses print which appears to be “The Old Snow Roller” 1948
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better known by her nickname of “Grandma Moses,” was a renowned American folk artist who only began painting earnestly at the age of 78. Grandma Moses was a celebrity at the height of her popularity when the I Love Lucy show began in October 15, 1951 so this print would likely have been recognized by many of the I Love Lucy viewers.
To give you an idea how famous she was at the time:
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This romance novel has to be Lucy’s. This book is seen on the book shelf behind Lucy’s twin bed on I Love Lucy.
Storm House by Kathleen Norris. Pub 1943
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Kathleen Thompson Norris, an American author who lived from 1880 – 1966. She was a prolific writer, churning out 87 novels, two omnibuses, four collections of short stories, one play and ten non-fiction works
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This one had to be Ricky’s book, Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers was one of a war adventure series by Robert Sidney Bowen known for his boys’ series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. It is missing its dust cover on the shelf.
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A copy of this book can be seen on the bed headboard bookshelf on the Ricardo’s bedroom set, its easy to spot behind Lucy in the I Love Lucy episode where she has pregnancy cravings and eats pistachio ice cream with hot fudge and sardines – which in reality was substituted mash potatoes and gravy instead of the ice cream and fudge to make it easier for Lucille Ball.
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From Wikipedia:
Try and Stop Me (1944) was a best-selling book written by American publisher and writer Bennett Cerf and illustrated by artist Carl Rose. The first of a series of joke books compiled by Cerf, the founder of Random House publishers, Try and Stop Me sold over one million copies in the first two years of publication.
The book is mainly a compilation of anecdotes, urban legends, jokes, ghost stories, what Cerf calls “shaggy dog stories”, and profiles of news makers. Celebrities profiled by Cerf include Alexander Woollcott, Gertrude Stein, Robert Emmet Sherwood, Albert Einstein, Herbert Bayard Swope, Dorothy Thompson, Monty Woolley, George Gershwin, and Lucius Beebe.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_and_Stop_Me_(book)
