Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) 1917 photo Commercial Street

Commercial Street

Most one sees are landscapes

The back of the frame bears the label of the well-known Kanda gallery in Tokyo

but I think the tiles are really gorgeous

Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) 1917 photo Commercial StreetI 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