Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) paper dice perhaps next to the matte

perhaps next to the matte green of arts and crafts pottery

I love this not just for the image itself

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

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

Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) paper dice perhaps next to the matteI 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