Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) 1917 photo 6 7/8 x 6 7/8

6 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/16 as found

Most one sees are landscapes

perhaps using a stitch (like a cue) to hit it

The painting itself feels to me as if just floated into view

Victorian Cobalt Glass Jewelers Lamp with Faceted Sides (for Tipping to Direct Light) 1917 photo 6 7/8 x 6 7/8I 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