PRESSED HEXAGONAL CANDLESTICK, deep amethyst, large size, having an urn-form socket with a double-knop extension, raised on a hexagonal base with a ringed standard, wafer construction. Probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 9 1/8" H, 4 3/8" DOA base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 4, p. 49, fig. 4024.
Provenance: Glass deaccessioned by Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Ex-collection of Channing Hare.
Proof. Having some expected light roughness to the underside of the base, as made.