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PAIR OF DOLPHIN SCALLOPED BASE CANDLESTICKS, deep

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PAIR OF DOLPHIN SCALLOPED BASE CANDLESTICKS, deep brilliant sapphire blue, each 12-petal flower-form socket raised on a small dolphin standard and a low-step 16-scallop circular base with two pairs of concentric rings on the underside, single-piece construction. Probably Cape Cod Glass Works, possibly Mt. Washington Glass Works. 1855-1870. 6 1/4" high, 4" diameter bases.
Reference: Parallels B & K IV, fig. 4053.
Parallels Wilson/Mt. Washington, p. 62, fig. 3-27.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Exhibited "Fabulous Fins," Sandwich Glass Museum, 1990
Note: This is an extremely rare form of Dolphin candlestick, and unrecorded in this beautiful color

Both broken into multiple pieces and professionally reassembled

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