PRESSED DOLPHIN HEXAGONAL BASE CANDLESTICK, canary yellow (reacts under black light), hexagonal socket with lower extension, raised on a small dolphin standard and concave-sided hexagonal base with concentric rings on the underside, factory polished under base to level, wafer construction. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1855-1870. 6 3/4" H, 4 1/4" DOA base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 4, p. 64, fig. 4052. Like Bourne - The William J. Elsholz Collection, Vol. III, p. 364, lot 1340.

From the important 40-year collection of James Carusello, Waterbury, CT.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 5/22/2010, lot 252 (retains auction label). 
Ex-property of a Massachusetts private collector.

Virtually proof with only a minor flake to one upper base point and minor mold roughness to lower base.