[Jewelry making - Article 00457] - [Orchid] Granulation and Amber

[JLBjorkman]

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    It took me awhile to find it, but the reference to the use of amber
    for granulation is real:  Thelma Follett, "Amber in Goldworking, "
    _Archaeology 38_ (1985): 64-65.  

    For a good discussion of ancient amber, see P. R. S. Moorey, _Ancient
    Mesopotamian Materials and Industries_ (Oxford 1994): 79-81.  Moorey
    says (ibid.: 79), "It seems that amber was used by the Etruscans as a
    flux in colloidal soldering of goldwork; a search for eastern
    parallels or precursors has yet to be undertaken (Follett 1985)." 
    Moorey also has a good discussion of possible examples of ancient
    Mesopotamian granulation on pp. 230-232 of his work. 

    Examples of Mesopotamian granulation dating to the early second
    millennium B.C. are discussed by Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop, "The Pair of
    Gold Earrings from Ur, Grave 114, and Remarks on the Technique of
    Granulation," in the book, _Collectanea Orientalia_ (Festschrift for
    Agnes Spycket) (Paris; CPOA 3; 1996), p. 205 ff. 


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