THE CRYSTAL LODGE BLOG

With the latest series of the Great British Bake Off now well underway, we wondered whether Kris Bear’s attempts at a pink cupcake (5004484) and a blue cupcake (5051769) would be deemed worthy of a “Hollywood Handshake”?!!

A plea for help from a collector regarding the Swarovski Goose family, which was available from 1993 to 1999 and all family members designed by Adi Stocker for the Barnyard Friends collection. Which one is which? Of course, while the goslings are all known by a name, this name does not appear on the box…

With around 2 months to go to Christmas, here’s a “don’t try this at home” moment – the large, medium and small waterlily candle holders stacked together to form a crystal Christmas tree!

Today we’re discussing Swarovski’s stunning “Lady in Red” – the beautiful Tinkerbell from 2012, known as Christmas Tinkerbell, Santa Tinkerbell or Red Dress Tinkerbell! Towards the end of 2012, we started to hear rumours about a special Tinkerbell which was only going to be released exclusively in the USA marketplace. We are not entirely sure…

The Swarovski crystal Siamese fighting fish belonged to the “South Sea” collection. All the fish have a clear crystal body and a frosted mouth. Designed by Heinz Tabertshofer, the fish was available with blue, green or red fins.

It seems hard to believe, but the magnificent Swarovski SCS Lion is over 25 years old. Adi Stocker designed the lion and went to see them in the wild as part of his research. Why is the lion sitting down? Well, apparently Adi Stocker said he said that he chose the seated pose, rather than…