Company History

A HERITAGE OF EXCELLENCE IN CRYSTAL

The same traditional skills and methods in diamond point engraving honed over the last twenty five years by founder engraver Brendan Collins are still used with pride to create each and every piece we supply.

THE ORIGINAL AND BEST

We have a wealth of experience and knowledge of Celtic Heraldry and we pride ourselves in our ability to offer the complete range of Scottish Clan Crests including all associated spelling and Sept names. Having taken many years to establish in 1995 our unique designs received the approval of the Standing Council Of Scottish Chiefs.

All our crystal is engraved on site in our workshop in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, the geographic centre of Scotland and gateway to the Highlands

Inspiration is not far from our doorstep, surrounded by the great golf courses and fishing rivers of the lowlands to the stalking, sporting wildlife and scenery of the Highlands. Designs are constantly evolving.

OFTEN IMITATED – NEVER EQUALLED

In choosing a piece of Collins Crystal it immediately becomes apparent why our products are the benchmark by which others are judged.

Collins Crystal was founded by the Blairgowrie Artist Brendan Collins who, inspired by the beauty of Scotland, engraved his first piece of crystal in a garden shed over quarter of a century ago.

Our workshops in Blairgowrie are set in the gateway to the Highlands. We still depend on traditional diamond point engraving skills. These have been constantly honed and developed by the hands of our craftsmen over many years and are still practiced today. The business is still family run and our traditional, engraving methods continue to set us apart from other more contemporary print etch and mechanical engraving manufacturers.