Amber: Window to the PastThis is a comprehensive study of the various roles and uses of amber, in nature as well as art. The fossilized tree resin has not only inspired elaborate workmanship and long been used in jewelry and other decorative objects, but is also highly valued by natural scientists because it frequently encapsulates flora and fauna from other periods of evolution. |
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... Arnold Buffum by Fritz von Müller , director of the Academy of Art in Munich . Height 18 " . Courtesy , Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . Bequest of William Arnold Buffum , 02.86 The body of the chest is of ebony and silver gilt , with ...
... Arnold Buffum by Fritz von Müller , director of the Academy of Art in Munich . Height 18 " . Courtesy , Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . Bequest of William Arnold Buffum , 02.86 The body of the chest is of ebony and silver gilt , with ...
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... William Arnold Buffum , 02.204 Between his paws , the lion holds a globe carved from a piece of transparent yellow amber . The small figure probably once rested on top of a lidded container ; a very similar one exists in Berlin . Below ...
... William Arnold Buffum , 02.204 Between his paws , the lion holds a globe carved from a piece of transparent yellow amber . The small figure probably once rested on top of a lidded container ; a very similar one exists in Berlin . Below ...
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... William Arnold Buffum , 02.201 The base was carved from a single piece of amber , the top two - thirds opaque ; the cap was made from a separate piece of bastard amber ; the collars are of copper and brass . Middle : Wedding knife and ...
... William Arnold Buffum , 02.201 The base was carved from a single piece of amber , the top two - thirds opaque ; the cap was made from a separate piece of bastard amber ; the collars are of copper and brass . Middle : Wedding knife and ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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amber deposits amber fossils amber pieces amber room amblypygids American Museum araucarian artifacts Arts Baltic amber Baltic Sea beads beetles Bequest of William Boston botanical bubbles burmite carved century A.D. chests China color copal Cretaceous Cretaceous amber Danzig deposits of amber Dominican amber Dominican Republic Drummond Collection eighteenth century Eocene Etruscan extinct flies flowers forgeries fossil fungus Height Hymenaea inclusions insects intricate ivory Jersey amber Königsberg Length of amber living relatives lizard Mastotermes Mexican amber microscopic midges million years old mines Museum für Naturkunde Museum of Natural Natural History Anthropology Natural History Entomology nineteenth century oldest opaque Opposite organisms original Palmnicken panels parasites pendant perhaps piece of amber plants polished pollen pounds preserved in amber Private collection probably Pseudolarix pseudoscorpions resin Roman Saint Petersburg simetite similar single piece spider stingless bee Stuttgart succinic acid surface technique termites tiny tissue transparent amber wasps William Arnold Buffum wood