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Lucy’s Brock Pottery Dinnerware

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Little Ricky drumming skills are discovered

In the I Love Lucy episode Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums Ricky discovers Little Ricky’s drumming talent when he uses his spoon to play drums on his cereal bowl at the breakfast table. Here we see a set of Brock Pottery in the Country Lane pattern with brown borders. Some matching bread plates can be seen on a dish rack next to the sink in the same scene.

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I Love Lucy Breakfast Table using Country Lane in Brown by Brock

Brock of California made the farm themed pottery with either  brown or yellow borders. In one of the early episodes we saw Lucy using Brock egg coddlers with the yellow border – also sometimes seen on display on the kitchen shelf. Also on the table in the screen capture above there is the Franciscan Ivy milk jug and sugar bowl and the base of the  ivy butter dish.

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Brock Pottery set on eBay – click picture for details
Country Lane-Brown by Brock Pottery of Californai
Country Lane-Brown by Brock Pottery of Californai
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Country Lane-Brown by Brock
Brock of California plates on I Love Lucy
Brock of California plates on I Love Lucy

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Lucy and Ricky’s Brock Coddled Egg Cups

Brock Egg Cup/Coddler
Brock Egg Cup/Coddler

In an early I Love Lucy episode entitled ‘Be a Pal’ Lucy and Ricky are having coddled eggs for breakfast. The egg cup is double sided and large enough to make coddled eggs on the top side and to hold a standard boiled egg on the smaller side. The maker is Brock of California and the design  seen on the show is called Harvest with a yellow  top edge. They are also seen on the kitchen shelves in several episodes.

Brock of California Egg Cup Coddlers seen on eBay
Brock of California Egg Cup Coddlers seen on eBay

Brock of California was founded in 1947 by Bert J Brock and closed down in 1980. The company designed a limited number of dinnerware patterns in the 40’s and 50’s that are popular with collectors today. Brock of California were known for their charming country style designs and the Harvest design can be still be found on eBay and Etsy with either brown or yellow edges. Search for “Brock California” for a current selection.

Set of Brock Egg Cup/Coddlers on eBay
Set of Brock Egg Cup/Coddlers on eBay

Recipe: Coddled Eggs

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