Kate, a level, also called a spirit level,is a tool for measuring horizontal, vertical, or angled surfaces. There's a bevel at its center, liquid, that refracts light, etc. etc. An unabridged dictionary will give you more details. It also may allude to the fire-bird, or Phoenix prevalent in folklore and art. She apparently imagines it broken, freeing the "spirit," like a run amok rainbow.
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