THE CRYSTAL LODGE BLOG

The set of 3 mini chickens, baby chickens and mini penguins contain 3 individually designed animals, while the set of 3 field mice are identical.

As well as being the sole designer for the Mother and Child trilogy, Michael Stamey was also the designer who was responsible for all 4 of the “Up in the Trees” series birds: Kingfisher, Owl, Parrot and Toucan.

Did you know that the original set of 12 (small clear crystal) zodiac animals were all designed by Anton Hirzinger? They were released in batches of 3 per year starting in 2001 with the Goat, Ox and Rat (plus the display stand). In 2002 the horse, monkey and pig followed, with 2003 seeing the introduction…

Here in the UK, we have our indigenous red squirrel with its long fluffy red ears, but we have all heard the tales of how the “introduced” grey squirrel (native to USA) has taken over most of their habitat. Perhaps because of global variations in “real” squirrels, when Swarovski introduced their mini squirrel in 1985,…

Did you know that Swarovski used to have their own store in Bond Street, London back in the 1980s, long before the advent of the now very familiar Swarovski stores? I was going through some paperwork the other day and found an old photo of the original Swarovski store. It was at Number 9 Old…

A plea for help from a client who needed to pack his 1990 Dolphins away before some building work was going to be carried out. He thought he must have the wrong foam as it just didn’t look anything like the shape of the dolphins. Good news though, it was the right foam. It is…