Auction details
6:00 AM PT - Oct 18th, 2008
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FLATTENED DIAMOND WITH DOLPHIN STAND LAMP, colorless, dome-top font with short extension joined by a wafer to a medium dolphin standard and concave-sided hexagonal base with concentric rings on the underside, brass fine-line collar and double-tube fluid burner with chain and one cap. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 11 1/2" high to top of collar, 4 1/2" diameter base overall.
Reference: B & K II, fig. 2128. Parallels Wilson/Toledo, fig. 680. Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Barbara M. Lessig's Pleasant Valley Antiques, 8/28/93 Condition reportCrack in the upper tail below the wafer which probably occurred when the font and standard were joined, along with some normal light flaking/mold roughness to the base points
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