Antique Glass Chandelier Repair / candelabra /crystal bobeche replacement

This antique crystal  bobeche is from a late 1700’s early 1800’s candelabra that  was electrified.  I needed to make two replacement bobeches .  The first step is to make the glass blanks.

Bobeche Blank

Rough cutting the shape is next.

Rough Cutting Crystal Blank

Using smoothing stones the glass is given a 400 to 600 grit finish and ready for polishing.

Bobeche before polishing

Crystal Bobeche and replacement

The replacement crystal  bobeches are marked for drilling the holes.

Crystal Bobeche and replacement

Replacement Bobeche

I also made replacement arms for this chandelier shown in the picture.    I will post picture showing the process I use to duplicate the solid crystal arms.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Candelabra Repair, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Chandelier Parts, Replacement Cystal Bobeche