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Secrets of Amber:
Even very early in history people were interested in amber. Since the Stone Age trade with amber from the rich deposits of the Samland Coast is documented. Small plants and animals have been preserved within the fossil resin of prehistoric forests. They reveal secrets of life 35 million years old. Since the late Middle Ages the most important centres of European art using amber have been Königsberg, Elbing und Danzig. The artists who worked on the famous amber room - given to the Russian Czar Peter the Great - came from these towns. 		Tankard made of amber from the mid-17th century
 
Prehistoric insect caught in a drop of resin Amber jewellery chest, Königsberg, about 1690
 
 
Goldsmith's Work and Ceramics:
The centre of East Prussian goldsmith's craft was Königsberg, the capital and residence. However, marvellous objects of art were also created in towns like Elbing, Marienburg, Tilsit, Braunsberg, Allenstein and Memel. Ceramic objects - which were produced in the workshops of Cadinen - founded in 1904 - are important for many East Prussian people because of their personal and their collector's value. 		Hansa Jug, made around 1600 in Königsberg, the only remaining object from the municipal art collection of Königsberg
 
Amphora, Cadinen, from the 1920s Tureen, Königsberg, about 1730/40
 
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