A Kiss on the Hand. . . .

May be quite continental,

But diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949)

And ladies, your new best friend is waiting for you at Next-to-New! The antique Edwardian ring has been tested as 14 carat white gold (shout out to Ricky Wilson Jewelers!) and is set with a sparkling white diamond. 

This pretty petite ring has a delicately detailed openwork shank.

For its dainty size, this elegant antique ring makes a substantial statement. 

Diamonds

Diamonds

I don't mean rhinestones

But diamonds are a girl's best 

Best friend!

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I must go down to the seas again,

to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. . . .

"Sea-Fever," John Masefield, 1902

Looking at this extraordinary painting portraying a sun-lit harbor with ships sitting serenely under a misty sky would give any viewer the desire to go down to the seas.

Entitled "Harbor, San Pedro, N.M.," it was painted by Ovanes Berberian (the plaque appears to have misspelled his name!). Born in Russian Armenia in 1951, Berberian first received his art education under his father, who was a member of the Armenian Artists' Society, as well as a theatrical set designer and college art professor. In 1977, following his father's death, Berberian emigrated to the United States. He was awarded a scholarship in 1981 to study with master painter and noted teacher Sergei Bongart. Berberiam became a nationally renown plain aide (open air) artist, as well as a respected teacher and mentor to younger artists. He founded the Berberian School of Fine Art in Idaho, where he gives regular workshops. Known for his confident and bold impressionistic brushstrokes and harmonious use of jewel-like colors, his works are found in numerous public and private collections, including The Forsthye Group, Jack Nicholas, and Palm Springs designer Steve Chase.

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Next to Nouveau

This beautiful bronze-colored vase features two graceful art nouveau nymphs in flowing robes and streaming tresses. Art nouveau was an artistic movement from the 1890s through 1910s that looked to nature for inspiration and is exemplified by undulating and sinuous lines, giving the feeling of movement. Art nouveau was a reaction against staid academic art and the overdone and eclectic Victorian decor that jumbled together influences from disparate cultures and eras, from Middle Eastern harems to Gothic cathedrals.

This antique artwork was created by the Judd Manufacturing Company in Wallingford, Connecticut. From the early 1910s the the late 1930s, the company produced a decorative line of fine-quality castings in bronze, brass, and iron, including book ends, doorstops, and vases. Of substantial weight, this piece may be bronze.

The piece originally had a glass insert for holding flowers.

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Sitting Pretty

This lovely lady seated in quiet contemplation is an original watercolor by Israeli artist Patricia Govezensky. She is best known for her stylized watercolor studies of elegant women in private repose against a background of vivid colors.

The painting is signed in the lower righthand corner. Govezensky was born in Tel Aviv in 1961 and raised in Jaffa, Israel. She took courses sponsored by the Tel Aviv Museum in lithography, engraving, photography and sculpture and graduated from the Avni Institute and the Art Academy at Ramat Hasharon, two of the most highly regarded art academies in Israel. Her works have been exhibited not only in Israel, but at expositions and galleries throughout the United States, and internationally in Hong Kong and Japan. 

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