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Jeannie's (Barbara Eden) bottle from Season 1 of the fantasy sitcom television series I Dream of Jeannie. Jeannie was released from 2,000 years of imprisonment when her bottle was uncorked by astronaut Anthony Nelson (Larry Hagman) after his space capsule strayed off course and marooned him on a desert island. This bottle is seen in a photograph displayed in Stephen Cox's "Dreaming of Jeannie: TV's Primetime in a Box" book.

Jeannie's magical bottle was not a prop created for the show but instead a repurposed special Christmas edition Jim Beam whisky decanter. Although there have been several claims as to who discovered the decanter over the years, director Gene Nelson asserted he noticed it whilst passing the window of a liquor store and was so taken by the bottle that he brought it to the show's producer, Sidney Sheldon, and it was later painted by the props department. This style of bottle was used throughout the show's five seasons, although when the series transitioned into colour for Season 2, the bottle was updated to a brighter colour scheme so it would be more distinctive on camera.

This teardrop-shaped bottle is made from smoke-green tinted glass and features a tapered neck, a bulbous base and the markings "D-334 119 64 1" embossed on the bottom. It displays hand-painted gold-coloured accents and an ornate leaf design. The glass stopper has a cork end. Although the bottle stopper was only briefly seen in the first episode (misplaced on the beach as part of the storyline), it was used for publicity shots. Accompanying this bottle is a copy of the "Dreaming of Jeannie: TV's Primetime in a Bottle" book, two promotional photographs; one depicting the bottle posed against sand, the other a still of Eden and Hagman with their respective autographs signed in black pen, and a custom clear acrylic display case featuring "I Dream of Jeannie, 1965" applied in white vinyl on its black-painted wooden base. The bottle exhibits areas of wear to its paintwork and remnants of blue paint on the cork stopper. Dimensions: (bottle) 13 cm x 13 cm x 28 cm (5 1/4" x 5 1/4" x 11"); (display case) 23 cm x 23 cm x 59 cm (9" x 9" x 23 1/2")

Additional Provenance:

This lot was originally sold by Profiles in History in the Hollywood Auction 40 in June 2010.

Estimate: £40,000 - 80,000 M

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