SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SQUIRREL W/BOX

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THIS IS A RETIRED SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL "ANNIVERSARY SQUIRREL". THIS WAS INTRODUCED IN 1997 AND RETIRED IN 1997. WAS CRAFTED BY SWAROVSKI SCULPTED OF FACETED CRYSTAL. THE SQUIRREL IS HOLDING A FACETED CRYSTAL NUT...TAIL IS FROSTED CRYSTAL AND COMES WITH A BLACK MIRRORED WHICH HAS THE BEAR'S DESIGNER'S NAME.. ANTON HIRZINGER AND THE YEAR 97 . THIS IS TRULY A COLLECTOR'S PIECE AND GREAT FOR ANIMAL LOVERS. COME FROM WOODLAND FRIENDS COLLECTION. SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT COME WITH PADDED BOX AND CERTIFICATE T ARE NO CRACK OR SHIPS APPROXIMATELY......2 3/4" THE HISTORY OF SWAROVSKI AND OTHER INTERESTING FACTS. Swarovski is a family owned business, that started in 1895. The founder, Daniel Swarovski,was considered a pioneer of technology, industry and a humanitarian. He came from Bohemia, a region which belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and possessed a glass cutting industry that had renowned for renowned for centuries. His father taught him the craft of crystal cutting at an early age. A visit to the first International Exhibition in Exhibition in Vienna in 1883 inspired him to design an automatic jewelry cutting cutting machine cutting machine. He then leased an old factory in the tiny village of Wattens,tucked away in the Tyrolean Alps, to put his invention to use. The surrounding mountains provided his rapidly expanding operation an abundant an abundant source of clean hydroelectric power. Daniel Swarovski actually founded the company with the help of his brother-in-law, Franz Weis, and financier Armand Kosmann. The superior quality of their jewelry stones soon made them well known in Paris, America and the Russian Empire. Daniel Swarovski (1862-1956) stated some very profound words to his peers, colleagues, employees and family, "...every age brings with it new vocations and new forms of self-expression. The important thing is to remain alert, to exploit opportunities as they arise and to put them to the best possible use. But no matter how successful you are, you will be unable to sustain it unless you try to think of your fellow man too...if you try to keep your eyes firmly on the main objective and put your personal interests behind you, your future will be assured." Daniel Swarovski played the violin and he and his brother-in-law, Franz Weis, would play in the evenings with the employees. The company's first band was formed as early as 1899. Today "Swarovski Musik Wattens" has 70 regular musicians and is famous worldwide. In 1907, he launched an employee's housing plan in addition to many company benefits for employees that his son also helped to develop and implement. Swarovski strives to be an 'ecology' minded company, to keep the environment clean; in fact, Daniel Swarovski II once summarized his quest for technologies that were in harmony with the significance of the product and nature: "Our main product, crystal, is a reminder to keep our environment clean". The company grew over the years even with the outbreak of WW I. Many workers enlisted for military service. Swarovski produced military equipment. Many new inventions and product lines were beginning to develop when WW II broke out and again Swarovski manufactured optics. The production of abrasive and technical products saved the factory from being closed. Swarovski produced binoculars for the armed forces. Swarovski binoculars and telescopes are considered the best in the world for their high quality and precision optic capability In 1973, Swarovski broke new ground and the first items for the 12th Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria were created. The items were a key chain and a paperweight commemorating the event. The following year, a mouse was created by Max Shreck. It was considered a wonderful 'accident' that component chandelier pieces could make figurines. The first Annual Edition piece, the Lovebirds, was created by Max Schreck and Adi Stocker in 1987. More animal figurines were created; elegant candleholders were added, followed by decorative accessorie... read more

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