Crystal, China, Gifts, and Lamps by Waterford : Special Pieces

Story of Waterford | Special Pieces

Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration

The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball, designed and manufactured by Waterford Crystal, is shown during assembly on the roof of One Times Square in preparation for the New Year's Eve event.

The 1000 pound ball is approximately 6 feet in diameter and contains over 650 lights. It's outer surface is covered with 504 Waterford Crystal panels specially designed and cut to insure that they can survive the extraordinary extremes in temperature that exist at the top of One Times Square on New Year's Eve. 72 of the 504 panels are replaced each year with a new theme.

The Times Square 2007 theme for these new panels is Hope for Peace. For 2007, an additional 72 panels will be replaced with the Hope for Peace panels.


				Waterford Crystal Stanley Cup Trophy This beautiful hand carved Waterford Stanley Cup Trophy was presently jointly by Waterford Crystal and Dillard's Department stores to the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team following their victory in the 2004 Stanley Cup games. The trophy was accepted by the league's leading point scorer Martin St. Louis, on behalf of the entire Lightning team. Following the presentation on the day of the Tampa Bay Lightning celebration in Tampa, the $30,000 trophy was put on display in the local Dillard's store where Tampa Bay fans could see it and order Waterford Crystal hockey pucks commemorating the Tampa Bay victory.


				Waterford Crystal Super Bowl XL Trophy After defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10, the Pittsburgh Steelers captured the Super Bowl XL Title and had their logo engraved on the Waterford Crystal Super Bowl trophy. This $30,000 hand cut, mouth blown masterpiece celebrating Super Bowl XL was presented jointly by Waterford Crystal and Kaufmann's to the late Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Conner on behalf of the entire Pittsburg Steelers team.


				World Series Trophy The CBS 4 Morning News Team prepares to preview the 2003 Waterford World Series Trophy and Limited Edition Miami Marlins commemorative baseball prior to it being presented to the citizens of Miami on the occasion of the 2003 World Series Championship. Accepting this $25,000 trophy on behalf of the citizens of Miami and Dade County were Mayors Penelas, Diaz and Gibson. The entire Limited Edition of 2003 commemorative baseballs available exclusively at Burdine's was sold out in two days.


				Volvo Ocean Race Trophy - The "Fighting Finish" To fully reflect the endeavor, the endurance and the competitiveness of this great race, a very special trophy was needed. Waterford Crystal, following a competition of international trophy suppliers, was chosen by the Volvo Ocean Race to create the piece. Based on a "Fighting Finish" between V.O.60 class boats, it artistically represents the close race everyone hopes for. The trophy took three months in the design stage and a further eight weeks to complete. Roy Cunningham, who designed the trophy, is himself a keen sailor and a member of Waterford Harbour Sailing Club. He applied his considerable maritime knowledge with his 28 years of crystal experience in overseeing the project. The sails are fashioned from a solid block of crystal, with over 100 hours of work in the careful sculpting of the final shape. More than eight crystal blocks were used before the perfect shape emerged. The other seven were re-melted to make further Waterford Trophies. The trophy base was carefully cut to capture the light of the waves and a world map marked out with the race route was painstakingly engraved. "All in all this is one of the most significant trophies to have ever left the Waterford factory," said Mel Morgan, Waterford Crystal Manager of World Sport. "To create a piece to reflect the efforts of 9 months over 4 oceans and 32,000 miles is a challenge that we in Waterford Crystal took on with relish." Waterford Crystal will also create trophies for all the legs of the Race and a commemorative piece for each Race participant.