I was so obbsessed with Louisa May Alcott in 4th grade that every day I wore a long red skirt to school that I fancied the height of 1800's fashion! I toured her house on many a birthday back in Massachusetts, saw her desk, her life, her family pictures. I read Little Women so many time, and unlike Jo, always maintained a grudge against Beth.  Hand enameled on Translucent milk glass, kiln-fired, finished in a patinaed metal edge.