Antique Glass Repair Project Repair Gallery

CRYSTAL REPAIR CHIPPED ANTIQUE GLASS DECANTER

There was a large chip and crack in the neck of the Lalique Crystal decanter.

Lalique Decanter broken neck

crystal repair new neck

Crystal repair flame polish

new neck

LaLique Crystal Decanter Restoration

Crystal Repair LaLique Crystal

Crystal Restoration Decanter

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

Custom Beveled Glass Lens for antique clock

A  clock shop sent me the front and back bezels from an antique clock.  They needed the beveled glass replaced. I used vintage glass.  It is very important to use antique glass when restoring a clock.  Using new glass will greatly effect the value of an antique clock.

bezel from an antique clock

Checking the bezel for size and roundness

The bezels look round but very rarely are .  I have  and use old glass from the period the clock was made. The equipment I use to bevel the glass is all so period.  Most of my machines I use are as old if not older than the the clocks.   The machines are run by leather belts and use lead babit bearings.  The beveling and polishing equipment  are power by electric motors not steam engines as originally.

Replacement Clock Glass

Note the small pitts in the glass .

Antique beveled glass for clock

Beveled glass for the back of clock

The beveled glass lenses  are made to very tight tolerances and are install in the bezel .  They are not glued in.

Tags: Antique Clock Glass, Antique Glass Repair, Beveled Glass for Clock, Beveled Glass Lens, Custom Glass Lenses, Customed Beveld Glass, Replacement Clock Glass

Crystal Repair chipped glass bottle

The antique crystal  decanter had a chipped and broken neck.  The chip was very large and the pieces have been missing for years.  The glass bottle was part of a set that has been in the family for many years.

Decanter with broken neck

remove broken part

New neck

Repaired Bottle

Crystal Decanter Restoration

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

Crystal Repair chipped and broken Steuben Crystal

The crystal pineapple fell over and the top stem broke off.  It needed more than just a gluing if I used an adhesive to repair it you would see the restoration. I needed to make a new center stem to make a seamless  restoration.

Broken and chipped Steuben Crystal

new stem old leaves

Steuben Restoration

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Steuben Crystal

Crystal Repair broken lamp part replacement

This piece was sent to me and it is from a small table lamp.  I am going to make a replacement part rather than repair it.

broken glass tube from small lamp

stone cutting design

 

Cutting design in new glass lamp part

custom made replacement lamp part

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Parts, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Repair, Custom Made Lamp Parts

Crystal Repair chipped and broken Steuben Crystal Bunny

Not sure of the story but the bunny was broken and repaired many times over the years.  It was sent to me for repair with a plea to make it look better.   The Steuben Crystal bunny was in bad shape both ears had been broken off and there were many chips and dings.

Steuben Crystal Bunny 

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Steuben Crystal Repair

Chip crystal bunny

Polish off glue and chips

Grind and polish damaged area

Finished

After shipping it back I received a very nice email  .

Email message sent to me

I received the repaired Steuben rabbit today.  Great job.  Thank you
for first rate craftsmanship and artistic work.  This piece has been in our
family since the early 1960s and now it looks beautiful.  Thanks again.
Peter

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Steuben Crystal

crystal repair Antique Steuben Crystal Teardrop Candlestick Restoration

If you let the candle burn down to the glass it will break.  The flame got to close to the glass and broke the top.  I have made many new tops for crystal candlesticks.  The teardrop candlestick by Steuben is my favorite.

Steuben Crystal Candlestick with broken top

First step to cut off broken top.

Cut off broken top

I have repair many crystal candlesticks with this same problem.

Replacement Part

I made the replacement top.

Steuben Crystal Teardrop Candlestick

Replace broken top with new top.

Candlestick restoration

Time to plan candle lit dinner.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Candlestick repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Steuben Crystal

Antique Glass Repair Whale Oil Lamp

The antique glass oil lamp has been in the family for generations.  During the last move the glass was broken. The pewter was in good shape.  We made a replacement glass .

antique whale oil lamp missing glass

Install glass

Whale oil lamp glass

Installed glass

Whale oil lamp restoration

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Antique Oil Lamp Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Crystal repair Lalique broken and chipped glass

The  broken Lalique Crystal  statue was a present give to a customer in his eighties. He received it  when he was a young man.  It holds  great sentimental value and he wanted to repair it rather than replace it.  Some one tried to repair it. It was covered in glue and a number of large pieces were missing. I will need to recreate the missing piece.  

I use a foot from a broken Lalique compote to make the block .

Shaping the block to  form legs.

The final step is to etch the glass to match.  If you look close there is a small line were it was  glued.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Vhm

crystal repair broken glass globe

The antique glass globe was broken and many of the pieces were missing.  I make a new top for  antique glass globe .

I made the flag shade of the old shade.

I frosted the glass to match.

I cut and polished the design in the new top.

I installed the new top on the antique glass globe.

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

crystal repair broken glass Daum Nancy vase

This Daum Nancy vase is very expensive and holds a lot of sentimental value.  When it got broken they almost threw it out.  This vase is shipped in a very nice box that has foam rubber cut to fit the vase.  The form rubber was useful in the repair  . It gave me a pattern to make the new glass replacement part.   The shape and size of the crystal top mirrors the foam.

Broken Crystal Vase

I removed the  broken crystal piece  from the green base. Then I make a replacement crystal vase to replace the broken one.

Daum Crystal vase after restoration

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Daum Crystal Repair

CRYSTAL REPAIR STEUBEN TROUT MISSING FIN

I need to make a new fin . I cut the rough shape of a new fit .  Steuben crystal is very clear so I used a broken Steuben Plate  so the glass would match .

Broken Steuben Trout

New crystal fin made from old Steuben Crystal plate.

Steuben Crystal

Steuben Fish with new fin

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

Crystal repair broken antique glass bobeche

I was send a broken crystal bobeche from an antique chandelier. The antique glass bobeche was broken in many pieces and a couple of large pieces were missing. I cut off the part that was not broken .  I used a crystal bowl with the same design as the original bobeche to recreate the broken and missing  portion.  I needed to drill a large hole in the center and many small holes around the rim

Broken Crystal Bobeche

crystal bowl

crystal bowl part

Cut off the good part of broken bobeche

I cut off the good part of the old bobeche and ground the bottom of the new bowl flat.

Crystal Bobeche with Old Top

I drill the holes for the prism pins.

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

Crystal Repair Antique Glass Chandelier Arm

The movers packed the chandelier like they always do ” wrong”.  They hung the chandelier in box fully assembled . You must take the arms off a chandelier before shipping. I have repaired hundreds of arms .

Crystal Chandelier Arm

The antique glass chandelier arm will be as strong as new after it is repaired .  When photographed on black you can see the repair if you look close .  When installed back on the chandelier the repair will be very hard to find.

Antique Glass Chandelier Arm

This repair could have been avoided if the mover had removed the arms before shipping.  Never ship a chandelier with the crystal arms attached.

Tags: Antique Crystal Chandelier Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair, Glass Chandelier Repair