PRESSED HEXAGONAL CANDLESTICK, deep amethyst, master size, urn-form socket raised on a tapered standard with lower knop and double-step base, two-piece waferless construction. Together with a matching example with the socket being detached. Two pieces total. New England Glass Co. 1860-1880. 9 1/8" H, 4 1/2" DOA base.
Literature: The Acorn, Volume 7, 1997, p. 98, fig. 1341, 1868-69 NEGC trade catalogue reprint.
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
One virtually proof with a couple of high-points being minutely tipped. Other having the socket detached from the standard.