Amber has played an important role in the history of cities and the region of the southern Baltic coast. On the Polish coast amber craft is among the oldest handicrafts. The first guild of amber craftsmen was founded in Gdańsk in 1477, and their workshops were among the most valued. In the past the development of this sophisticated craft was favored by the interest on the part of emperors and nobility. They invited gifted artists to their courts, and provided them with shops, in order to be able to watch their work and select the most attractive pieces. The pieces of artwork of amber craftsmen from Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk were real treasures and have been preserved till now in treasuries and museums of the world. Crosses, reliquaries, portable altars, amber tankards, jugs, fancy boxes, picture frames, little cabinets - are among the most interesting objects.

In the period of regression in the 19th and the first half of the 20th c. the Polish amber handicraft by no means disappeared. The amber tradition survived in folk handicraft of Kaszuby and Kurpie regions.

The techniques of amber processing changed repeatedly. At present, the requirements of customers and the high demand for modern designs of jewellery are met, among others, due to the use of pantographs - automatic devices which repeat the given shape.

Amber fascination has survived ages; because of the natural beauty of amber, multicolor compositions within a single lump, and the high quality of the ornaments for many people possessing an amber jewellery is a must. Creative imagination of Polish artists, as perhaps the only ones in the world, preserves a natural shape of amber, enhancing its beauty and mysterious charms through adding a discrete setting of gold or silver.