PRESSED DOLPHIN SINGLE-STEP CANDLESTICK, Canary (reacts under black light), six-petal socket with lower extension, raised on a large dolphin-form standard and square base, wafer construction. Together with an electric blue Dolphin-stem single-step candlestick in which the socket is detached from the base. Two pieces total. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1845-1870. 10 1/4" H, 3 3/4" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 4, p. 65, fig. 4054.
Provenance: Glass deaccessioned by Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Canary proof; electric blue with the socket detached from the base. Each having some expected mold roughness to the base edge, as made.