Jeannie's Magic Lamp - Ancient Persian bottle that was the home to Jeannie (Barbara Eden), a magical genie on the fantasy comedy I DREAM OF JEANNIE/NBC/1965-70. Jeannie was imprisoned in the bottle by an evil Blue Jinn until Air Force astronaut Anthony "Tony" Nelson (Larry Hagman) found it on a beach and released her from her two thousand year confinement. Adopting Tony as her new Master, Jeannie returned to live with him in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She still lived inside the bottle but could now travel freely in and out on her own (via a meta-morphing cloud of pink smoke). The bottle's interior was decorated with a colorful display of curtains and throw-pillows. Occasionally, Tony put the cork back in the bottle to keep Jeannie from interfering with his plans (like going on a date with a beautiful woman). TRIVIA NOTE: Barbara Eden still owns one of the purple bottle's used on the show. On the last day of shooting, Barbara took the bottle used on the last show as a souvenir. According to Eden, her bottle was not the first one used on the show because over the run of the series many of the bottles used got broken. To create a lamp bottle for the show, the studio artists started with a black glass bottle. Then they painted it purple and added ornamentation for an authentic ancient Persian look. Barbara displays the last bottle used on the show and sample black glass bottle on a wall in her home library. When an earthquake struck Barbara's home, everything in her library fell off the shelves and onto the floor and blocked the entry way to the room. Finally pushing her way into the room, Barbara saw a pyramid of books on the floor. Luckily, as if by magic, her purple I Dream of Jeannie bottle  was found resting at the top of the books and in perfect condition. (Entertainment Weekly 8/12/94 p. 43)