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Although not researched by me, old "bottle-hounds" used to love the light purple of old glass bottles they occasionally found in old refuse piles up north where I grew up. And being a fan of purple, so did I, and still do! Folks also did it on purpose and in recent years an old family friend did with some strong u.v. artificial light. The article Chris posts is passionately against this, and I understand where they are coming from, wanting to preserve the items in their original form and color. But oh well, I love my lavender glass "gooseberries" that the Picards had made from Venetian cane that had sat outside for decades. I truly don't believe the gooseberry cane, nor the annulars, started out lavender. If not u.v., what made them lavender...? I also have some pale pink "gooseberries" from the African trade of the very same type as totally clear ones I have. Still mystified...
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