That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 10, 2020

Hannah wished Ruth could at least take her necklace off so cleaning it could be easier.

Charlotte putting the her final touches on her display: “Mother-in-law With Pearl Necklace, on Dead Bear”

After taking care of the bear single-handed, dispatching her hated rich older sister would be child’s play.

“The hair stylist should be here soon, Sis. Sweeney Todd’s his name. He’ll do you up right, and afterwards we’ll have a couple of fresh meat pies.”

The bear rug looks like it came from Build a Bear.

after a brilliant start winnie the pooh’s career ended ignominiously…

“I know that your impish son gave you this lovely necklace, Madame, but I’m sad to say it’s only mother-of-puerile.”

“Mama dearest, it’s wonderful that you’re willing to wear your pearls to a bock- and bratwurst fest. Just be careful they don’t fall into your doppelbock!”

“She’s been counting the pearls for an hour. She’s up to 958.”

It will soon become a choker.

When the make-up artist takes too long and stays in the shot.

Good girls don’t wear pearl necklaces or patent leather shoes!

Agnes had practice making black look good – she was a professional widow.The pearl necklace was from husband number two, the bear skin rug (and the rest of the house was from #3). Now she just needed a nice Lexus…

Wooden tampons never really caught on.

You’re the artist, but I really wanted to go with the all-black theme. Are you sure this outfit needs “a pop of white”?

In her youth, it was sometimes thought/ Whistler’s mother might be pretty “hot “/ there were those who would swear/ she had strangled a bear/ and those who would swear she had not…

Just because your name is Pearl doesn’t mean mama should have given these to you!

In her youth, believe it or not/ Mrs. Whistler was thought to be “hot”/ but young Jimmy delayed/ the day he portrayed/ poor Mom, til her good looks were “shot”…

They called her the Lady in Black/ she survived a grizzly attack/ but all were aghast/ when her looks were surpassed/ by her maid, with the ravishing “rack”.

If Madam would please sit up straight, we’ll just maneuver this cotton wadding into the proper position under the corset.

Getting ready for her blind date with Agent K.

“I got it one pearl at a time, and it didn’t cost me a dime.”

Soon it would be a choker.

Jane’s insistence that she do Mildred’s makeup in dim light kept Mildred from attending any daylight functions lest she be confused with a two dollar hooker.

I recognize Richard Simmons, but is the other one Marie Osmond?

Mildred loved nothing better than sitting on her Teddy Bear skin rug and having Marcia fondle her pearls…

Once they were past the exhilaration of fastening the necklace, it would be time to admonish the servants, then work at their needlepoint.

The String of Pearls: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferdinand_Axmann_Die_Perlenkette_1868.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Ferdinand_Axmann 

has sparse German info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his German Wikipedia page: 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Axmann 

(again, Google Chrome can automatically translate as necessay). First work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2467 (June 9, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

((“Would? If I? She probably just…”))

Before women were able to date whomever they wished, it was necessary to send subtle signals through portraiture. In this case, most admirers would immediately recognize the ‘come on pearls’ and the ‘tightly closed fan’ as opposing messages.

right up to the point where it starts choking Mildred… might notice that

being senile, madam foxnight is being robbed of her jewelry piece by piece and is not perturbed in the least.

the bear must have been gay due to the fringe around his flat body.

To think that 958 oysters gave their lives for this.

Yes Ma’am. I understand you need to get there quickly. But money is tight … and they promised me that it was a bona fide flying carpet …