A Word That Means Both Tool and Standard
In the Cha Jing, Lu Yu defined 则 plainly: 则者，量也，准也，度也 — a measure, a standard, a rule. The tool that scoops dry tea leaf and carries it to the pot took its name directly from that word, and has gone by 茶则 ever since, even as what counts as "measuring" tea has shifted across centuries of changing brewing habits.
This version is octagonal, high-fired in a sweet-white glaze, with a deliberately thick body — plain, sturdy, unfussy. Its job hasn't changed: hold the dry leaf still long enough to look at it, weigh it loosely by eye, and move it where it needs to go. There's nothing decorative being argued for here. The object is the definition it was named after, made physical.