Description
PRESSED DOLPHIN SINGLE-STEP CANDLESTICK, alabaster/clambroth above translucent starch blue, large six-petal socket with a hexagonal extension, raised on a dolphin-form standard and a square base, wafer construction. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1845-1870. 10 3/8" H, 3 3/4" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 4, p. 65, fig. 4054, right.
Provenance:
From the important 40-year collection of James Carusello, Waterbury, CT.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 9/26/2009, lot 490 (retains auction label).
Ex-collection of Helen and George Storey (retains collection label).
Condition
Significant V-shaped crack to the petal socket, broken and glued across two petals, otherwise undamaged.
Buyer's Premium
30%
PRESSED DOLPHIN SINGLE-STEP CANDLESTICK
Estimate $50-$80
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