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RARE PAIR OF CARYATID CANDLESTICKS, canary yellow,

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RARE PAIR OF CARYATID CANDLESTICKS, canary yellow, each diminutive octagonal socket above a female statuette dressed in a loose robe hanging in folds, and standing on a stepped hexagonal base, single-piece construction. New England Glass Co. 1870-1880. 9 3/4" high, 4 1/4" diameter bases overall.
Reference: Elsholz, lot #1811.
Parallels Spillman, fig. 1107.
Parallels Revi, p. 255.
Parallels Wilson/Toledo, fig. 738.
Parallels McKearin Am. Glass, pl. 192, fig. 5.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Myers Antiques & Auction Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL, 2/26/90, lot #270, $770
Note: On May 10, 1870, Henry Whitney was granted a design patent (#4,022) for this candlestick. Whitney, who held numerous other glass-related patents, resided in East Cambridge, MA and was employed at the New England Glass Co

Virtually proof, one with a minute flake to the bridge of the nose, the other with a very light flake to the top of the socket and a minute flake to one base corner

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