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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... single piece of red amber . For many chests , small , intricately carved ivory reliefs were applied among the amber pieces . The scenes in these reliefs were commonly borrowed from well - known scenes depicted in Dutch engravings . In ...
... single piece of red amber . For many chests , small , intricately carved ivory reliefs were applied among the amber pieces . The scenes in these reliefs were commonly borrowed from well - known scenes depicted in Dutch engravings . In ...
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... pieces of turned and carved amber secured with a rod running through the center . The top and bottom of the tankards are made of clear amber as well , sometimes from a single piece . For both the tankards and the bowls , laced gold trim ...
... pieces of turned and carved amber secured with a rod running through the center . The top and bottom of the tankards are made of clear amber as well , sometimes from a single piece . For both the tankards and the bowls , laced gold trim ...
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... single piece of deep - red , transparent amber , sitting in an ivory base , the fish is recognizable as a carp by the barbel near the mouth . Carp are associated with martial arts and with perseverance because of their ability to ...
... single piece of deep - red , transparent amber , sitting in an ivory base , the fish is recognizable as a carp by the barbel near the mouth . Carp are associated with martial arts and with perseverance because of their ability to ...
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