PRESSED DOLPHIN SINGLE-STEP CANDLESTICK, electric blue, six-petal socket with lower extension, raised on a large dolphin-form standard and square base, wafer construction. Probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1845-1870. 10 1/4" H, 3 5/8" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser -
The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 4, p. 66, fig. 4056.
Provenance: Glass deaccessioned by Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Ex-collection of Channing Hare.
Condition
Having a short U-shaped crack across one socket petal not extending deeper into the socket; a minor sliver chip to the underside of one base point. Having some expected light mold roughness to the edge of the base, as made.