Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) paper dice running vertically around the outside

running vertically around the outside (looking like bands of hearts or hourglasses) and horizontally across the interior

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

the perfect enhancement to its elegant form and weathered black painted surface

I love this not just for the image itself

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

Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) paper dice running vertically around the outsideI 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