I WILL BE LISTING MORE OF THE RARE AND UNIQUE JEWELLERS LITTLE ESTATE MUSEUM KAURI AMBER /PIECES, ANOTHER GROUP FROM THEIR MUSEUM PIECES FROM THE VICTORIAN MINIATURES KAURI AMBER/GUM CABINETS . THIS LISTING IS FOR A VERY GOOD GROUP FROM THE NORTHLAND GUM FIELDS WHICH ARE LOVELY PARTIALLY CARVED & POLISHED ANCIENT VARIOUS GRADES AND COLOURS ( 800 - 1200 YEARS OLD ) SWAMP KAURI AMBER/GUM PIECES AND ARE SIGNIFICANT SPECIMEN PIECES FROM THE ESTATE COLLECTION OF OUR LOVELY SWAMP KAURI TREE KAURI AMBER/GUM OF NEW ZEALANDS HISTORIC ANCIENT PAST FROM THE NORTHLAND GUM FIELDS. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE KAURI GUM SACK TO USE IN DISPLAYING THEM. Included with is the moving written verse from the museum collection. Pictures taken in light from a widow showing the various colours and were taken on a white cloth as background. These stunning ancient shaped miniature pieces from their cabinets are late Victorian Kauri amber/gum pieces gathered by a Maori gum digger then cut, part polished and shaped as showing various examples and grades, they have many different colours of clear orange and yellow with red darker pieces and swirls within, these were bought by the estates Grandfather from a collection of Kauri items from a collector in Auckland in the late 1950's for the estates Museum display of miniature Kauri amber/gum items and the notes from the estate also mention they were probably cut and polished Circa 1890 --1900. Of interest is that the first recorded use of sandpaper was in 13th-century China when crushed shells, seeds, and sand were bonded to parchment using natural gum. Glass paper was invented in London 1883 by John Oakey and Victorians used to polish things like Kauri amber. Please view the many pictures. POSTAGE NZ POST DELIVERY WITH TRACKING AT $7.50. ***PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A RURAL ADDRESS OR LIVE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND ASK ME FOR A POSTAL COST AS NZ POST HAVE INCREASED THESE COSTS.