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DOLPHIN HEXAGONAL BASE CANDLESTICK, colorless, six

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DOLPHIN HEXAGONAL BASE CANDLESTICK, colorless, six-petal socket and lower extension joined by a wafer to a medium dolphin standard and concave-sided hexagonal base with concentric rings on the underside. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 9 1/2" high, 4 1/2" diameter base overall.
Reference: Parallels B & K V, fig. 5268.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Exhibited Sandwich Glass Museum, 1993. Exhibited "Fabulous Fins," Sandwich Glass Museum, 1990. William Port Antiques, 7/26/86
Note: Barlow and Kaiser noted that they did not have access to an example of this rare form of Dolphin base when their initial volume covering candlesticks was published in 1983

Socket with a shallow chip and flake to the edge of one petal and a minor flake on the underside of two other petals, along with expected light flaking and mold roughness to the base corners

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