I hope everyone is not growing tired of my Henley's posts. They are just so darn pretty, and typify Western glass to me. This example was dug in a secret location, by a very accomplished digger who's privacy shall be respected for various reasons. This is the second version of the IXL, and is in a deeper turquoise,aqua, tealish, bluish green, seafoam, fire aqua coloration. it came out of the ground this way, and is very thin fragile glass. I cannot pass up an IXL in a nice color, but the recent prices for them have sure slowed down the growth of my IXL aquisitions. I wonder how many colors are really known? Since there are several hundred examples out there, there are likely hundreds of different colors. I have never dug an intact IXL of any variant, but someone sure has!
I, for one, never get tired of looking at beautiful bottles. A while back I was in a pit with a partially exposed deep aqua bottle showing. Just another wine I thought and pried it out with my shovel. When I turned it over and saw it was an embossed Henley's I almost fell over. I learned something from that experience!
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rs
I also made that HUGE ERROR one time. Same thing, pried the bottle out with my diggin' tool. Not a wine, a green IXL. Patience now rules in my advanced digging years. Heck, I can no longer dig fast anyway.
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Nope.
ReplyDeleteBut the high country is getting pasted. To date we have had a little under 40 inches of rain & on pace for 80 or so inches. You guys will be fishing in Rocklin this spring. Har!
rs
old bumstead ,got lonley after letting the henleys go,but i know where to visit,and if i dig one of its brothers or sisters i know where they will be taken care of and they wont be lonely.
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