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HEXAGONAL CANDLESTICK, pale honey amber, master siz

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HEXAGONAL CANDLESTICK, pale honey amber, master size, hexagonal socket with a lower bladed knop joined by a wiped wafer to a hexagonal tapered stem with lower knop and double-step base. Probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 9 7/8" high, 5" diameter base overall.
Reference: Parallels B & K V, fig. 5264a.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Melvin Arion Antiques, 5/1/92
Note: Barlow and Kaiser note that this master size is "extremely rare in any color" and that this honey amber is an unusual color

Undamaged except for a minute nick to the inner ledge of socket, and a very shallow chip and several minute flakes to the base

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