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2014
Journal article
Whose Amber? Changing notions of Amber’s geographical origin
This essay explores the issue of cultural identity and cultural identification with respect to one material: amber. Prior to the discovery of the new world and for quite some time afterwards, the primary source of amber in fifteenth-, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe was Prussia. Few Europeans, however, really understood much...King, Rachel
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2013
Journal article
Rethinking the oldest surviving amber in the West
Discusses how the production of sculpture in amber began earlier than was previously assumedKing, Rachel
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2013
Journal article
Finding the Divine Falernian: Amber in Early Modern Italy
This paper explores both the finding of raw amber, and the creation of sculptural works in this venerated material, in Italy, from the late-16th to the 18th centuries. Using new archival and archaeological evidence, it offers new interpretation and context for a number of amber objects in the V&A’s collection.King, Rachel
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2013
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Sehr geschaetzte Werke der Manuellen Kunst’ ‘Objekte aus Bernstein im 16. und 17
IN PREUSSEN NEHMLICH im Fürstenthumb Samland am Meere seind hohe weiße Berge von reinem Sande auff diesen stehen gemeiniglich Eiche auch Fichtenbäume. In dem Sande fi ndet man eine Materia, die ist weich wie ein Teich den man formiren kan in den Ofen zu stoßen Brod zu backen. …. So...King, Rachel