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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 711365, member: 2844&quot;]I agree, pressed amber, but mixed with other &#039;stuff&#039;. They probably won&#039;t float in salt water, due to the high compression of the amber, and the additional substance, although some do.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were made in the late 19th-early 20th century in Germany. I suspect that was on the Amber Coast in Königsberg, East Prussia, which is now Russian and named Kaliningrad. </p><p>Most amber in East Prussia isn&#039;t collected along the seashore, but it is mined just inland from the coast. It has been a real industry for a long time, and I imagine they could manufacture pressed beads on an industrial scale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these beads were traded to the Middle East (Yemen!) and North Africa, but they were used in fashionable European necklaces as well.</p><p>They are very collectible, especially among ethnic jewellery collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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