![]() The series was a moderate success in its 1965-1970 run, placing in the top 30 shows in the Nielsen ratings in two of those seasons, but has been remarkably popular and long-lived in American popular culture in the decades since through reruns and in memory. The series found humor in the unusual domestic arrangement of man and lovestruck servant, sometimes verging on transgressive satire on gender roles, married life, and heteronormative sexuality in postwar American life. After Tony tries to free her, she falls in love with him and stows away during his rescue to continue to serve and live with him in his Florida home. When Nelson frees Jeannie (Barbara Eden) from the bottle, she is bound to serve him and grant his wishes with her magical powers. The series chronicled the life of astronaut Tony Nelson (portrayed by Larry Hagman), who discovers an ancient genie trapped in a bottle after crash landing in the South Pacific. The show was created by Sidney Sheldon and produced by Screen Gems and Sidney Sheldon Productions. I Dream of Jeannie was a fantasy television series that premiered Septemand ran for five seasons on NBC. According to donor and Jeannie star Barbara Eden, the bottle was one of several used in the production of the series and this particular one was given to her as a memento after the last day of shooting by the wardrobe woman, Joie Hutchinson. The bottle top is a flared glass stopper with an ornamental finial. The bottle has a bulging base section with ridges painted with a pattern suggesting stained glass windows, then narrows to a near-conical flask section painted with curlicues and arches, another small bulging ring with painted gemstones, a cylindrical section painted with arches, and terminates with a flared opening section. ![]() The glass bottle is repurposed 1964 Jim Beam Christmas edition glass whiskey decanter painted with Middle Eastern design motifs on a purple base paint layer. ![]() Object Details Description (Brief) Prop genie bottle used in the production of the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
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