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Daum Glass Vase repair chip

Daum  glass has a satin finish and it makes repairing chips very difficult. This vase came in with a chip on the side of one of the leaves. I polished out the chip to a shine and then had it match the satin finish.  The satin finish is coarser than the frosted on a LaLique Crystal .

Daum Vase chip on edge

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

LaLique Crystal repair and restoration chipped or broken

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LaLique Crystal broken Base

This  LaLique Crystal piece was sent to me from Florida for restoration.  The crystal base had a large chip broken off the corner.  The piece that broke off had been lost many years ago so bonding the chip back one was not an option.

Repaired LaLique Crystal sculpture

By removing the entire base and making a replacement I was able to restore this glass .

Crystal Resotation LaLIque

The LaLique Rams are ready to go back on diplay.

Tags: Add new tag, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Lalique Crystal Repair, Lalique Crystal Restoration

crystal repair cloudy glass sick glass

The crystal plates needed to be polished.  The cloudy build up came from the dish washer.   Some times called to as sick glass.

Sick Glass Plate

plate after polish crystal repair cloudy glass sick glass

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Cloudy Glass Repair, Polish Off Cloudy Film, Sick Glass Repair

Crystal Repair broken glass hammer

They are for display only , but the grand kids didn’t know that.  Turn your back for a minute and you will have to send me your gable for repair.   Your honor my be a good judge but his baby sitting skill are off.

Crystal Gable Repair

Glass Hammer

Looking for some glass nails .    The grand kids will love it.   More work for me.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

crystal repair cut glass clown restoration

Sent to me from New York, the crystal clown needed to be reassembled .   The glass figurine needed a lot of work.  It was a present with a lot of sentimental value.   It is very important to clean off the old adhesive.

lead crystal figurine repair

glass figurine restoration

I will send it back to NY,NY after the crystal repair is complete.  The  clown and memories in tacked this beautiful keep sake will go back on display.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass

Antique Glass Bottle Repair

Sent from California for repair this glass bottle came out  very nice. The pieces fit together and the glass repair was a success . In the family for many years the owner remembers his mom using this bottle to water laundry before ironing.

broken glass bottle repair

Bottle restoration

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass, Perfume Bottle Repair

LaLique crystal repair broken glass ring

This beautiful LaLique  crystal ring got broken.  The hard part of this repair was the fact they didn’t have any of the missing pieces. So I had to create the glass piece to fit what was left.

LaLique Crystal Ring Beore

Broken and a large chip is missing.

LaLique crystal ring cut and fit replacement piece

New glass fit on to ring

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Parts, Glass Repair, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Bent glass for antique green house

bent glass green house

The hail storm  broke  the bent glass panels .  The lovely home on the lake  is almost a hundred years old.  I remove and install a new piece of  bent glass .

antique green house replacement bent glass

Custom bent glass for antique green houses is only on e of the many custom bent glass replacement pieces I make.

Tags: Custom Bent Glass, Green House Glass

CRYSTAL REPAIR SWAROVSKI UNICORN BROKEN HORN

I have repaired at least fifty Swarovski Crystal unicorns over the years.  It  is very common to break the horn off.  This time the crystal horn broke off and the pieces were lost. I have  make a lot of horns ram , bull, dragon,but this was my first unicorn horn. I did not get it on the first try as seen in the picture.

unicorn horns

Swarovski Crystal Unicorn repaired

After making the new horn I etched the glass .  Then I attached it to the head of the Unicorn.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Swarvorski Crystal Repair

crystal repair cut glass decanter

Red on clear glass decanter came in with a broken neck.

cut glass decanter broken neck

The break was along one of the cuts

repaired decanter

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

crystal repair steuben beaver

The Steuben crystal beaver had a broken tail.  It was sent to me for repair. It wasn’t a very clean break so I ground and polished the chipped glass . I had to reshape the tail also.

broken crystal steuben beaver

Steuben Crystal Beaver

restoration complete

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Parts, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

repair beveled glass lens for railroad oil lamp

The lamp fell and two pieces of beveled  glass were broken.  The front lens was a diameter and I used a piece of old mirror because of the color. The newer glass has a very dark green color to the edge.  The antique glass has a yellow not the green edge.  I have repaired many Rail Road lights over the years. I used cast iron grinding mill to rough in the bevel.

antique mirror

old and new glass

I cut the antique glass and rough in the bevel.

Hand beveling glass

Smoothing Stone

oil lamp repair

Hand beveled replacement glass

side glass broken

New beveled lens

New beveled glass side panel

Tags: Antique Beveled Lens, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Custom Beveled Lens, Hand Beveling

Steuben Crystal Vase Repair Sick Glass Cloudy Scratched

This Steuben crystal vase was sent to me for cleaning.  I thought it was sick. ( cloudy from hard water stains) It was not sick it was scratched someone tried to clean it with an abrasive. They made it a lot worse by putting in thousands of scratches up and down in side the vase. I was able to carefully polish them out . Steuben Crystal has one of the highest lead content this is why the glass is clear.

cloudy steuben crystal vase

I polished out the scratches on the inside  of the vase and then I polish out the scratches  on the bottom of the vase .

Steuben Crystal Vase after Polish of scratches

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Remove Stains in Vases and Decanters

Glass repair Faberge Egg broken glass base

A beautiful red glass ” FABERGE EGG” with a broken base was sent to me for repair.  This piece was made in Russia St. Petersburg as stated on the label. The copper wheel engraving of the double eagle is the main design with a very delicate boarder on the base .

Faberge Egg

Pieces had broken off the base and were lost.

Faberge Egg broken base

Crystal Repair Faberge Egg

glass repair new base

Faberge Egg repaired glass

Faberge Label

I use a matching red glass to fabricate a new base .  The engraved boarder matched the design of the Faberge Egg.  Glass restoration like this is fun. A little creative thinking and for thought the glass egg will go back on display.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass