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Recent Curio and China Cabinet Replacement Glass Projects

The team has been hard at work with a recent influx of curio and china cabinet replacement projects. If you are in need of replacement curved glass for a china or curio cabinet, please reach out using our contact form. We have the ability to create a wide variety of glass with different curved dimensions.

Here are a few pictures of our recent work:

Tags: Curio Cabinet Replacement Glass

Replacement Glass Globe frosted glass globe with missing piece

The frosted glass globe was bumped and broken. A large piece of glass  broke off and was lost. I received the broken glass globe as a pattern to make the replacement globe. I filled in were the piece was missing so I could cast a mold.

broken shade

The glass was frosted and drill after it was bent. It is a lot easier to make the mold if you have all the pieces.

Tags: Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Frosted Glass Globe, Frosted Glass Shade, Replacement Antique Glass Shade, Replacement Frosted Shade

CARRIAGE CLOCK GLASS BEVELED CURVED BENT ANTIQUE

bent beveled glass

The antique carriage clock was damaged and need replacement curved beveled glass sides. Using the old chipped and broken glass we bent glass pieces to match the radius. The tolerance are very small so each piece is hand fitted.  

curved / bent glass blank

Tags: Antique Clock Glass, Beveled Glass for Clock, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement, Custom Bent Glass, Custom Beveled Glass, Custom Curved Glass

Antique Bent Glass Lamp Repair

Changing the light bulb was traumatic for the antique glass shade.   It fell and the majority of the panels were broken.

broken antique glass shade

Most of the top pieces were broken and some of the bottom pieces.   The top pieces were the most difficult to fit.

Broken antique slag lamp

antique slag lamp repair

antique glass lamp restoration

Tags: Antique Bent Glass Lamp, Curved Glass Lamp Repair, Glass Lamp Shade Repair, Slag Glass Lamp Repair

Replacement Glass For Antique Cabinet Door custom made curved, bent, bubble, crown glass

Custom made replacement glass for antique cabinet door.  No matter the shape, the size or the type of glass, if it was made I can make it.  I can make bubble glass, bent glass, curved glass, crown glass up to 4 feet by 8 feet.  I also have old glass.   Many times I bend old glass in order to maintain value.

custom made bubble glass

bent glass crown glass curved glass bubble glass

It goes by many names.  I don’t care what you call it. I can make it.   They send antique doors  for me to make replacement glass from around the world.  It’s been called bent glass, bubble glass, crown glass, curved glass and slumped glass.

Tags: Anique Glass Repair, Antique Bubble glass, Antique Cabinet Glass, Bent Glass, Crown Glass, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement, Replacement Glass for Antique Glass Door

Antique Bent Glass Panel Lamp Repair

The antique lamp had many broken panels and some of the metal pieces were missing.  I used old glass to make the matching panels.  The glass was an old pattern that isn’t made any more.

Antique Bent Glass Panel Lamp

I have old glass stock  that matched the broken panels. I believe it was made by Mississippi Glass Company.

panel lamp with broken metal

metal piece

inside of shade

Lamp Base

Rewired lamp using brown cloth wire .

Ribbed Glass Bent Panel Lamp

Bent Ribbed Glass Panel Lamp Restoration

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Bent Glass Lamp Repair, Bent Glass Panel Lamp Repair, Bent Ribbed Glass Lamp, Curved Glass Lamp Repair

convex bubble glass for antique cabinet door

I custom made a replacement convex bubble glass for an antique cabinet door.  It was an unusual shape. When making a replacement piece it is best to use old glass so the color , blisters and bubbles match.

Antique Cabinet door with broken covex bubble glass

custom bent convex bubble glass

Antique convex bubble glass install in door

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Bubble Convex Glass, Curved Glass Panel, Custom Bent Glass, Custom Curved Glass

Antique Glass Repair bent glass light fixture

The antique light fixture was missing a couple panels.  We  used an antique seedy  glass to make the replacement panels.

antique bent glass light fixture

Vintage Bent Glass Light Fixture

Tags: Antique Glass Light Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bent Glass Panel Lamp, Curved Glass Light Repair, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement

Antique Light Repair Bent glass panels

The restoration of the old home included vintage light fixtures. The rust iron fixture had a couple of bent glass panels missing. The glass was a seedy glass. Seedy glass has a lot of bubbles and texture. Using a good panel I made a mold for bending the replacement curved glass.

Antique Light Fixture with broken bent glass

replacement bent glass panel

Custom bent  seedy glass panels  for antique  iron light.  The glass was a Kokomo Seedy Glass

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

Antique bent glass light repair

Sent to me  from Louisiana the old light fixture was hung in the hallway and fell  victim to the painters ladder.   The broken glass was very thin and a compound bend that makes it hard to duplicate.

Tags: Antique Lamp Repair, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement

Slag Glass Lamp Repair Bent Panel

Making bent glass replacement panels for antique slag lamps is just a small part of what we do.

slag lamp panel

bent glass lamp repair

We bend  opalescent flat glass  over a form in the kiln to make replacement panels.   Most of the bent glass shades were made out of Wissmach or Kokomo Glass.

Tags: Antique Lamp Repair, Bent Glass Panel Lamp, Curved Glass Panel, Slag Glass Lamp Repair

Antique Glass Clock Repair Amber Pressed Glass

The clock on grandmas mantel fell and broke .  It was a basket case and I had no idea how many pieces were missing. I started the reassembly and hoped for the best.

Pressed Glass Clock Restoration

I told the customer I would do my best but it look like there were a lot of pieces missing.

Amber Pressed Glass Clock

Filling in were needed for missing pieces.

Repaired Glass Clock

I have repaired many types of  glass clocks most of them crystal.  This was my first antique amber glass mantel clock. I have made many kinds of custom beveled and custom bent glass for clocks.  Clock shops send the bezels to me to  install new glass.  I use old glass when necessary to maintain the value of the antique clock.

Tags: Bent Glass for Antique Clock, Beveled Glass for Clock, Custom Glass for Clocks, Glass Clock Repair, Glass for Antique Clock

Custom Bent Glass for antique crown glass door bubble out

Antique china cabinets in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s use to have very intricate designed  wood mullions  in the doors.  They  would install glass that bubbled out between the wood.  This is called crown glass or bubble glass.  Pennsylvania House Furniture also used this technique in there breakfronts. We made replacement glass for Pennsylvania House Furniture for many years .  We custom make replacement glass for any antique  cabinet doors.  The curve in the  glass is not simple radius .

Antique crown glass replacement

I make a custom mold for each piece no two bent crown glass  doors are the same (selling custom molds also to companies such as https://www.bentragerhomes.com.au/).

Curved replacement glass

In the very old pieces of furniture the glass was putty in place .  They did not use wood stops to hold in the glass.   They would use Portland cement in the putty .  This makes the putty very hard and you have to grind it off to install the replacement curved glass.

Antique Bubble Glass Door/ Crown Glass

The real work come matching the antique glazing that holds the glass in the wood door.  First you tint the putty and install the glass.  Then I use pitch to darken it more and give it the aged dirty look.

first step in glazing door glass

New glazing made to look old

Tags: Antique Bubble glass, Bent Glass Cabinet Door, Crown Glass

Antique Bent Glass Door, Double Bend Glass , Crown Glass Door, Compound Bent Glass, Antique Bent Glass,

The email reads “I have a door to an antique cabinet and it needs glass can you help” ?   Its a bent glass but its not a radius. Yes I can make a custom bent glass for the door.   It’s called

Antique cabinet door

double bend , camel back, or bubble glass and every one is a different profile . I can make a custom mold  to fit the profile of the door .  This door has a beautiful inlay design made from wood.

Bruening Glass Works makes the complex bends that other companies can’t .

Double Bent Glass

Double bend, Camel back glass, Crown glass

Replacing the broken glass restores the value of this piece.  Now when it comes to auction in New York City it will demand top dollar.

curved glass double bend

We can bend single strength glass, double strength glass  3/16 “inch glass, 1/4 “inch  glass,  3/8 “inch  glass,  1/2 “inch  glass,and   3/4 “inch  glass. Custom bent glass is our specialty .  We can bend any shape.

Tags: Antique Bent Glass Door, Antique Curved Glass Door, Bent Glass, Compound Bent Glass, Crown Glass, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement, Double Bend Glass, Double Bent Glass, Double Curve Glass