Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) paper dice 12" x 7 1/8" x

12" x 7 1/8" x 6 1/8" tall

I wasn't sure exactly what it was when I found it

perhaps next to the matte green of arts and crafts pottery

I really love the lush unglaze blue decoration on this old porcelain Japanese Sake bottle or Tokkuri -- super loose and gestural

I love this not just for the image itself

Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) paper dice 12" x 7 1/8" xI love it when the person opening cases at an antique shop points things out to me that I might not have noticed on my own. I was looking at something else in the case where this was housed, and it was the dealer opening the case who pulled this out and asked me if I knew what it was. A lamp, clearly, which I never pay much attention to, but he explained specifically a jeweler's alcohol lamp, with the faceted sides allowing it to rest at an angle, all