Click on the picture above to go the the ebay listing.
This is a toleware clock available on eBay this week. It is just like one seen over the fireplace on I Love lucy
More details in a previous post here:
http://www.50slucy.com/i-love-lucys-toleware-wall-clock.html
Tag Archives: Toleware Wall Clock
Octagonal Toleware Clock
I noticed a tole ware wall clock for sale at: https://ilovelucymemorabilia.com/products/vintage-i-love-lucy-replica-clock-rare
Lucy’s Other Tole Wall Clock
In the first few early episodes of I Love Lucy we see a round toleware wall clock over the mantel in the Ricardo’s livingroom set. This clock was soon replaced by the octagonal one we looked at in a previous post. The round tole clock with handpainted leaf design is very similar to the Sessions tole clock with the matching hand painted leaves seen on eBay this week. The green Sessions clock pictured above is an electric model. the dial is a bit different from the one on the show but the metal casing is a good match – the hand painted leaves on each clock appear slightly different due to the hand painting. I have seen similar hand painted tole wind-up clocks made in Germany. The Sessions clock seems easier to find than the octagonal one and is found in a few different colors.
I Love Lucy Tole Wall Clock
This is a Tole Wall Clock like the one on I Love Lucy as you can see from the picture above. This is one of those hard to find items that is well known to I Love Lucy fans.
I Love Lucy’s Toleware Wall Clock
The Toleware Wall Clock is hard to miss on the I Love Lucy show. It can be seen over the mantel in the Ricardo’s living room for most of the early episodes. In a rare color set photo ( detail above) we see that the octagonal tole clock was a deep red color. I have seen this model on ebay from time to time in other colors too.Tole clocks are usually made of painted tin. This one has hand painted floral decorations and was a wind up model. The clock we see above was actually the second tole clock to be used, in the first few episodes of I love Lucy there was a round one with leaf decorations in its place on the same spot.
Collectors looking for one should search ebay for “tole wall clock” or “toleware wall clock”. There is actually one just like it on ebay as I write this click here for details or on the picture above.