Translation: Brantsteene
Description: a hard, translucent fossilized resin, typically yellow, orange, or brown in colour, used for jewellery and ornaments since ancient times and also in perfumery and traditional medicine (OED).
VARIANTS: barnsteen.
TYPES: (1) witte ambre, white amber (a rare type of amber in a honey or cream colour with swirls of deeper colour).
E.g. ‘Een brantsteene kettingh,’ (inv. 65).
Catalogue example: cat. 185
Example of inventory: Inv. 44. 65
