Amber jewelry has long and colorful history. Amber, which is a fossilized tree resin, has been used by artisans and jewelers for centuries to create amber jewelry and amazing works of art. Amber used today in jewelry manufacturing comes mostly from Baltic regions, where it was deposited 45 million years ago.
Amber jewelry has long been a staple of contemporary jewelry and classical jewelry lovers alike. Historians and archaeologists agree that the history of amber jewelry can be traced as far back as 13th century B.C. in form of amulets and pendants used by hunters to ensure safe and good hunting as well as for magic rituals. Today, amber jewelry can be found in many styles, designs and colors. Amber jewelry remains extremely popular and amber’s affordability makes it a comfortable investment for the modern jewelry collector. The simplest and at the same time most subjective evaluation of amber jewelry by user of admirer is to say whether it is beautiful or not. Art historians are directed by different criteria of assessment and classification of modern jewelry. Contemporary amber artifacts produced by artists initially tend to surprise us with their otherness, in the same manner as any other art does. In the 1920s and 1930s the art deco style imposed its geometric shapes and fine symmetry on amber products. The collection of the Museum of the Earth in Warsaw contains a silver pendant set with marcasites, their metallic shine giving an impression of superb elegance. Necklaces made form shaped stones in various geometric forms and a variety of colors are most frequently seen in collections. In 1960s a new trend was initiated. Mass production with its baleful impact on artistic value was abandoned. In those years change meant not only a different design, but also a different attitude to raw material. Some artists are inspired by the natural form of raw material and only want to perfect it. Their main target is the shape of their product. Other, enchanted with a mysterious inside of a semi-opaque piece of amber are able to grind it skillfully and focus on some subtle pattern which emerges unexpectedly in the course of grinding.
Today, amber is an object of great interest and admiration. Even thousands of years after the original wearers of amber jewelry, you can find a wide selection of distinct amber jewelry at well-stocked jewelry store. To view our entire collection of beautiful and unique amber jewelry visit our store.