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

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

A pretty pair of vintage Navajo turquoise and silver clip earrings

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

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