This beautifully carved amber rosebud is set on a sterling silver stem pin with with intricately etched sterling silver leaves. Due to the nature of amber, each rosebud will vary slightly. (Dim: 2 inches long). For thousands of years people have been fascinated by amber. It represents luck, healing, strength, and protection. Through the ages amber has been worn as an amulet, used for barter and burned as incense. It has adorned both queens and peasants. Amber is fossilized tree resin from the Pinus Succinifera, which lived 40 to 60 million years ago. The ancient people of Europe believed it was petrified bits of the sunset and the ancient Chinese thought amber contained the soul of the tiger, which is a mighty symbol in Chinese folklore.