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50s Retro, I love Lucy Props, Musical Instruments, Washboard

Lucy Plays the Washboard

March 2, 2016 rickster

lucyplayswashboard — Lucy plays the Brass King Washboard

In the episode, “Tennessee Ernie Hangs On” (S3, 5/10/54), the Ricardos and the Mertzes join Ernie on Milikan’s Chicken-Mash Hour. Lucy plays a wooden and brass washboard.
Manufactured by the National Washboard Co., it is trademarked The Brass King. Lucy is playing the brass parts and we can see
that this side is labelled “Top Notch, Soap Saving Sanitary Front Drain, Do Not Rub Hard, The Board Will Do The Work! It appears that the prop department painted out the trademarked logo on the left, upper side.

brassking-ad-1939 — 1939 Ad for the Brass King washboard

washboard — Brass King Washboard seen on Etsy

See More like this on eBay

See More like this on Etsy

Art, Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props, Mid-century, Utrillo

Vintage Utrillo Print like Lucy’s offered on eBay

December 31, 2015 Patricia

Vintage Utrillo print as seen on I Love Lucy available on eBay this week – click picture to go to the listing

The original vintage print reproduction of a 1922 Maurice Utrillo lithograph is offered on eBay this week. I have only seen a few of these on offer since I started this blog so we may not see another like it for some time.

Read more about the original print on the show in my previous post:
http://www.50slucy.com/i-love-lucy-prop-utrillo-painting-print.html

50s Retro, Ethel Mertz, I love Lucy Props, Luggage, Mid-century, Travel, Uncategorized

Ethel’s PAA Airline Bag

December 14, 2015 Patricia

paa-bag — Ethel shows Fred her new PAA Pan Am airlines carry on bag

When Ricardo’s and the Mertzes board their Pan Am flight to return from their European tour Ethel is seen carrying her new PAA flight bag. “Isn’t that cute!” she says to Fred. “That’ll come in handy won’t it.”

paa-airline-bag — Here is a vintage PAA Pan American World Airways Bag on eBay – click picture for the listing on eBay

50s Retro, Ashtray, I love Lucy Props, Mid-century, Monte Carlo, Travel

The Ricardo’s Cinzano Ashtray

December 12, 2015 Patricia

Below is a collectible vintage Cinzano ashtray like one seen in the Ricardo’s hotel room in the screen capture above. At that time Cinzano was still a family run business based in Turin Italy that had been in business since the 1700’s. The I Love Lucy set dresser added well chosen European pieces to evoke a sense of place for the Ricardo’s trip to Europe, in this instance to decorate the set of Lucy and Ricky’s Monte Carlo hotel room.

cinzanoashtray2 — Vintage Cinzano glass ashtray – click picture to view the eBay listing

50s Retro, Ashtray, I love Lucy Props

Ricky’s Glass Ashtray

November 3, 2015 Patricia

Ricky Ricardo’s glass ashtray on I Love Lucy looks like Erickson Art Glass

In an I Love lucy scene from Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Murder Her we spot an interesting looking glass ashtray on Ricky’s desk. Ricky’s ashtray looks very like an Erickson Art Glass piece.

Carl Erickson founded Erickson Glassworks in Bremen, Ohio. they were world famous glassworks and the hand made art glass pieces are now in several museums. The were in production from 1943-1961. The ashtray in green above (also on eBay HERE) is an example of their trademark bubble design – small bubbles encased in thick glass.

Art Glass

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Art, Framed Prints, Switzerland

Lucy in the Swiss Alps: Walther von Klingen Print

October 21, 2015 Patricia

Ricardos-in-Lucerne — Medieval framed print in the Ricardo’s Lucerne hotel room

On the wall in the Ricardo’s room in Lucerne there is a framed Medieval print from the Codex_Manesse of Walther von Klingen

Walther von Klingen from Codex_Manesse — Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 52r: Walther von Klingen

Walther von Klingen AKA: “Count Walter III of Altenklingen”
Birthdate: circa 1220
Birthplace: Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
Death: Died March 1, 1286 in Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
He was a Minstrel and author of songs in the Codex. The Codex Manesse, is a medieval songbook, the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry, written and illustrated between ca. 1304 when the main part was completed, and ca. 1340 with the addenda.The codex was produced in Zürich, for the Manesse family.

The manuscript is “the most beautifully illumined German manuscript in centuries;” its 137 miniatures are a series of “portraits” depicting each poet. ( Source Wikipedia)

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Art, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

Lucy goes to Monte Carlo: Watteau Painting Print

October 20, 2015 Patricia

Festival of Love Jean Antoine Watteau — Monte Carlo Hotel set: Framed print of Festival of Love by Jean Antoine Watteau

An ornate framed print of The Feast (or Festival) of Love by Jean-Antoine Watteau is seen in the set of the Monte Carlo hotel on I Love Lucy.

Loves-Festival-Jean-Antoine-Watteau — The Feast (or Festival) of Love (1718 – 1719) Oil on canvas, 61 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

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50s Retro, Art, Ethel Mertz, Figurines, Florence Ceramics, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

The Mertzes in Monte Carlo: Nicholas Lancret Framed Print

October 20, 2015 Patricia

On the wall of the Mertzes Monte Carlo hotel room is a well known Nicholas Lancret framed print called La Camargo Dancing. Also seen on the chest of drawers beside the door is a figurine we saw in the Mertzes Connecticut home in another I Love Lucy episode. A figurine of a colonial lady, Florence Ceramics “Charmaine”.

Nicolas+Lancret+La+Camargo+Dancing — Nicholas Lancret La Camargo Dancing Nicolas Lancret – La Camargo – c.1730, oil on canvas Washington, National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Collection – © Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

The woman dancing in the painting is Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo a famous French/Belgian ballet dancer known as La Camargo. She was first woman to execute the entrechat quatre, the first dancer to wear slippers instead of heeled shoes, and also first to wear the shorter calf-length ballet skirt and the now standard ballet tights.

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50s Retro, Canisters, Cookie Jar, I love Lucy Props, Kitchen

Lucy’s Plastic Cookies Canister

October 14, 2015 Patricia

plastic-canister — Square Plastic Cookie Canister in I Love Lucy kitchen “Charm School” episode.

cookiescanister2 See it on eBay
This red and white Luster Ware plastic cookie canister looks like the one in Lucy’s kitchen, however the one on the show appears to have a handle on top more like the Burrite canisters in yellow pictured below. charmschool
lustroware-ad-1954

Lustro Ware ad from 1954 5-pc Starter Set priced $9.95

Burrite-Burroughs See it on eBay
Burroughs Mfg., Burrite, Yellow Plastic Canisters

Or a Red set HERE

Art, Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props, Mid-century, Utrillo

Update: Utrillo Print

October 9, 2015 Patricia

Vintage prints of the 1922 Utrillo picture seen on I Love Lucy seem to be quite rare. There is one on offer online CLICK HERE to see it – still available as of Oct 9 2015 – I don’t know the size.

Read more about the picture in my previous post:

http://www.50slucy.com/i-love-lucy-prop-utrillo-painting-print.html

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