THE CRYSTAL LODGE BLOG

The Silver Crystal Express train – for the train spotters amongst you! All the carriages of the Silver Crystal Express train were designed by Gabriele Stamey. Originally, the train comprised just 3 pieces, a locomotive, a tender car and a passenger carriage, some of the earliest ones released featured all three pieces packed in one…

Swarovski’s delightful grizzly bear cub proudly holds a silver salmon in his mouth demonstrating that he already possesses excellent fishing skills and won’t be going hungry!

The first Swarovski snake produced was the cobra. He was part of the “African Wildlife collection” and is made from clear facetted crystal and has a rhodium (silver) forked tongue. This slinky beast was available from 2000 to 2004 and was designed by Heinz Tabertshofer. We’ve chosen a picture taken of the side view as…

Unveiled at the end of 1986, the very first Annual Edition made for SCS members was available during 1987 and was also known as “Togetherness”. This is the only Annual Edition to exclusively carry the old “SCS” logo and was the first of the “Caring and Sharing” trilogy. The birds are made from clear crystal…

Ziggy was the limited edition piece for the Lovlots City Park collection and only available during 2010. Here is how Swarovski describe Ziggy: “Music is the language of love. Ziggy the woodpecker, the 2010 Limited Edition, spreads joy through City Park with the wonderful rhythms he creates with his Jet Metallic Blue crystal beak. Ziggy…

In 1990 a Disney Dumbo figurine was produced and was available in the USA only. This Dumbo has black eyes. Only 3,000 of these were made, which were sold exclusively in Disney parks. It has a very similar body to the “mainstream” Silver Crystal elephants in issue at that time with a blocked body (ie…