Amber Jewelry
Necklaces, pendants, and beads of Baltic amber, the fossil resin thrown up on Danish shores, worn as adornment and as protection since the Stone Age. Danish Bronze Age graves hold hundreds of amber beads, and amber amulets were believed to guard against the evil eye and sickness, while small amber figures of animals and tools were made for magic and trade. In the Baltic legend the sea-goddess Jurate's palace of amber broke apart, and the pieces scattered across the waves became the amber that still washes up on the beaches. The stone's warmth and light have given it a lasting place in charms f