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Bewitched, Pablo Picasso, Props

Samantha’s Picasso Print on Bewitched

A framed print of The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso from his Blue Period, hangs over the mantel in the Steven's living room on Bewitched. Oddly the picture is hanging on its side, perhaps to fit the available space. Picasso was still living and working on his Chicago Picasso sculpture around the time when the picture was seen on the show. Although Pablo Picasso never visited the United States I wonder if he knew his print was hanging sideways on the popular TV show Bewitched.


From Wikipedia:
"The Old Guitarist is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso created in late 1903 and early 1904. Continue reading Samantha’s Picasso Print on Bewitched →

1930s, 1940s, Chanel

Rare Chanel Solid Gold Lighter from 30s-40s


Listed on eBay is this rare Chanel solid gold cigarette lighter from the Coco Chanel era. One could imagine that Coco Chanel may have kept one of these in her Chanel Handbag or given one as a gift to her paramour of the day.

This rare collector item is listed as Coco Chanel Oil Lighter 14K Solid Gold 1940's W Name Van Cleef & Arpel

Van Cleef & Arpels 14k NY Stamp seen on the Chanel solid gold lighter
It is stamped Van Cleef & Arpel NY

1960s, Franciscan Pottery

Bewitched Props: Samantha’s Pink Tea Set

Franciscan Ballet pottery on Bewitched s01 e27 There's No Witch Like An Old Witch

As a long time fan of the classic TV series Bewitched I started watching it again around Halloween this year. I could not help but notice the pretty Mid-century Pottery pieces in use on the show. The Franciscan Ballet tea set in use in the screen captures above is very pretty and stylish and so collectible right now to go with the MCM decor currently in vogue.

Fortunately some  pieces can be found online CLICK HERE for a selection on eBay today

Franciscan Ballet tea cup and saucer in use on Bewitched s01e27 There's No Witch Like An Old Witch
1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window, Taylor Comfortmeter

Rear Window Movie: Wall Thermometer

Rear Window Scene with Taylor Comfortmeter by the window.

In Rear Window Starring James Stuart and Grace Kelly a Taylor Comfortmeter thermometer is used to draw attention to the 80 degree heat which adds to the tension and discomfort of the main character constrained in a plaster cast. The thermometer is positioned by the window frame as indicated in the screen capture above. Continue reading Rear Window Movie: Wall Thermometer →

Wedding

Kate Moss Wore vintage Chanel Couture at the Royal Wedding

Vintage Chanel Couture Polka Dot Suit Source: DailyMAil.com

Kate Moss wears a vintage Chanel Couture suit at the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. The rare Chanel couture suit in cream and navy polka dot silk pictured below dates to the 1960's and is currently listed as sold at vintagecouture.com Continue reading Kate Moss Wore vintage Chanel Couture at the Royal Wedding →

1920s, 1930s, Sarah & Gerald Murphy

The Murphy’s Villa America

Original Villa America, Antibes, build by Sarah and Gerald Murphy 112, Chemin des Mougins ,Antibes

"In Antibes and Juan-les-Pins. They still lived in a relative autarky: with their group of friends, their gardener, their vegetable garden, two cows for milk for their children , explains Renaud Duménil, writer and journalist, also responsible for the communication to the office Antibes tourism. But they brought a new lifestyle. Gerald was passionate about jazz, and even today, Juan-les-Pins hosts the biggest jazz festival in Europe....
112, chemin des Mougins
Villa America was sold in 1950 for $ 27,000. Fearing memories that have become too cruel, Gerald has settled the sale remotely. He will come back once for a last move: "I came here with gloomy thoughts, prepared to feel unhappy, but no!" He writes to Sara, explaining suddenly finding herself again "gripped by captivating beauty places, the sparkling transparency of the sea, the tall palms " . Continue reading The Murphy’s Villa America →

1930s, Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, Books

Poirot the Traveller


Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) consults his travel guide book in Death on the Nile from the famed series Agatha Christie's Poirot. The guide book was published in  1907  The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt . The author E. A. Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous expeditions to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. He was knighted in 1920 for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.

The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt - Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge

Find it on eBay

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budge

1930s, Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot

Poirot in the Kitchen: Jubilee Egg Cup

Hercule Poirot in the kitchen
Poirot washes his King George V & Queen Mary silver jubilee egg cup

Hercule Poirot can be seen in the kitchen of his flat in the screen capture from the ITV series Agatha Christie's Poirot. He is busy washing dishes, no doubt applying order and method. The egg cup in question is a King George V & Queen Mary silver jubilee Porcelain Egg cup that dates to 1935.

Seen on eBay: King George V & Queen Mary silver jubilee porcelain Egg cup - Click picture to go the the eBay listing

1930s, Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot

A gift for Miss Lemon

Poirot reveals a gift from his trip to Egypt

In the episode The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, Poirot (David Suchet) presents Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) with a statue of the goddess Bastet on his return from his trip to the Valley of the Kings. Miss Lemon was mourning the loss of her cat "Catherine the Grate" and Poirots gift was much appreciated.

Poirot tells the story of the cat from the Egytian Tomb
Miss Lemon is delighted with her gift

  An original statue of Bastet was presented to the British Museum in 1939.

Bastet Egyptian Cat Statue Gayer-Anderson Museum Replica

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