A good friend has asked me to help find a specific crystal figurine. I'm not familiar with them, but have done web searches and have not had any luck. She doesn't know the manufacturer. Does anyone have any suggestions? Can anyone point me in the right direction? TIA

This is what she's looking for...

"I am looking for a crystal figurine of a man and a woman. I have the one in mind specifically. The two figures are entwined together in the shape of a heart. One is a clear crystal the other is a smokey kind of crystal."

By Kate on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 11:52 am:

Hmmm..where did SHE see them? Are they a new modern thing or an antique, or somewhere in between?

Where have you looked, Trina?

By Vicki on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 01:04 pm:

Something like this?? {couple49.jpg}

By Vicki on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 01:04 pm:

Oh crud...what did I do wrong??

By Vicki on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 01:06 pm:

try again

By Trina~moderator on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 02:06 pm:

Kate, A relative of hers had one years ago but it got broken. It had sentimental value. She would like to replace it, if possible, and give it as a gift. I did a Google search and looked at oodles of different sites but found nothing like she described. It might even be a retired piece. ?? Anyway, I thought it was worth asking around!

Vicki, I'll send my friend the pic and ask if that's it. Thanks! Where did you find it?

By Vicki on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 02:34 pm:

I did a search for crystal figurines and found this on a wedding cake topper place. LOL Let me see if I can find it again and I will write down the site just in case it is????

By Vicki on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 02:42 pm:

I fibbed... I did a search for hand blown glass figurines when I found it... here is the page it is on..

http://www.glasscaketops.com/couples3.htm

By My2cuties on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 03:16 pm:

no real luck here, but maybe this will work...



or this...

By Kate on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 03:26 pm:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=553&item=5357647904&rd=1

Something like that? This isn't crystal though, but is it shaped anything like what she's talking about? Are they holding hands? Dancing? Nude? Now I'm hooked on this mission!

I would try ebay (which I have tried under many descriptions ) and antique stores.

By Feona on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 11:47 am:

Go to ebay and search around. If you start to see stuff you like them put in a saved favorite search and ebay will email you every day with new stuff to buy. (What a nightmare!)

By Kim on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 04:44 pm:

By Trina~moderator on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 06:05 pm:

THANK YOU all so much for your help! I e-mailed my friend and she has replied. She said it's extremely close to the ebay one Kate posted (pic below). I wonder if it would be possible to go to a glass blower and have one made. ???

By Kate on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 07:56 pm:

Trina, Alexsander Danel sculpted this and he has done several heart figure pieces, here is another link.

http://www.touchofclasscatalog.com/sdx/41986.jsp

The problem is he doesn't seem to do crystal, so he's probably not the artist. But if he was, your search would be so much easier!!