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Pines

The drawing of original material of Pinites succinifer Goeppert 1883 (Goeppert 1883, Plate 1, fig. 12; Length 7 cm; a wood, b amber remains), XXIX B

Gimbutas wearing amber necklace (reprinted with permission of the Estate of Marija Gimbutas).

Attributed to Hermann Brachert Amber bowl, 1930–1939

Experiment with fire: (a) burning amber; (b) amber with black glaze on the surface and with flows of melted glassy amber; (c) white smoke appearing immediately after the flame is extinguished. Photo E. Popkiewicz.

Fountain. Florence. 1610—1630. Amber, gilt bronze © Museo degli Argenti, lnv. Bargello 1917 (1)95. Photo Scala, Florence, courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali

Courtly Amber Casket, Attributed to Gottfried Wolfram, ca. 1695, amber, ivory, wood, glass, brass and velvet. Detroit Institute of Arts

essential oil burners – special devices designed for the «betterment» of the air in the room. Due to influence of the warmth coming from an incandescent lamp, the aromatic oil was vaporizing through the holes in the upper part of the vessel, and with its odour it muffled the smell of tobacco.

An amber bead decorated with deep notches from the Viking Age Truso town in Prussian territory at the Drausen lake. Dated to the 9th-10th centuries. Researched by M. Jagodzinski

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