This amber casket with ivory reliefs was produced for a northern European court, most likely by Gottfried Wolffram, a sculptor of both ivory and amber active in Denmark and Germany at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century. It is the first piece of sculpted amber, once regarded to have mythical origins and magical powers, to enter the DIA's collection. Wolffram's art is generally made of, or adorned with, ivory reliefs that depict the Roman countryside, with a particular emphasis on perspective and elaborate detail.