Broken glassware Project Repair Gallery

CRYSTAL REPAIR ANTIQUE WINE GLASS BROKEN STEM AND FOOT

Antique Wine Glass Broken Stem

Repaired glasses

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Crystal Repair Wine Glass with broken stem

These wine glasses were sent from Italy for restoration. They survived  two world wars and succumb to a family move. They hold many memories and toasted many events .

Luckily the bowls were not damaged .  They were in need of a stem and foot transplant.

broken stem and foot

Draw pattern of stem to maintain correct height.

line drawing of stem needed

new stem

ground to size

family treasures

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Stemware Repaired, Broken Wine Glass, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

crystal repair chipped crystal pitcher with a crack

The old crystal pitcher has been in the family for many years.  It has served many cold drinks at grandmas house. The sentimental value is the motivation for the repair. A crack has run from the top down the left side of the handle almost to the bottom.  The plan is to run the crack around the bottom of the handle and up the right side of the handle to the top.  Controlling the path the crack takes is critical. I have spend  years refining this skill.

cracked

run the crack up to the top

It is ready to be used.  The adhesive makes most of crack go away.  Look close and you can see a little of the crack.

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

antique crystal repair broken glass handles

The cut glass sugar bowl was missing two handles.  They broke off years ago.

crystal bowl missing handles

Using the handles of a old broken glass bowl I replaced the missing glass pieces.

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

Antique glass eye cup repair broken foot

This is the first antique glass eye cup I have ever see and repaired .   I tried it to see if it worked. I get pumice in my eye some times when polishing.  When this  piece was sent to me it only had a half a foot.  I cut off  what was left of the foot and ground the stem flat.  I made a new green glass foot. When making a new foot it is important to add some imperfections.   The old foot had seeds and cords in it.  Seeds  are small bubbles and cords are  lines of  distortion created from impurities in the glass .

Green Glass Eye Cup With New Foot

Antique Glass Eye Cup

I made a new foot for the vintage glass eye cup.

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

antique glass bowl repair broken pressed glass

It’s not an expensive piece but she needed it back together .  The  antique opalescent  pressed glass bowl was broken into many pieces.

Broke Antique Glass Bowl Before Repair

The breaks were very clean there were no little chips . This made it a very good repair .

Antique Pressed Glass Bowl After Restoration

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Pressed Glass Repair

Daum Nancy glass figurine repair chipped and missing ear restoration

The ear was broken off and lost from a very expensive DAUM Nancy glass figurine.  I had to sculpt part of a new ear to fit on the dark amber Daum Glass horse .  Matching the very dark amber color was my first challenge . I made a dozen or more glass ears be for finding one I liked .    Daum glass  started with the notary Jean Daum      Daum  started making glass for watches and mirrors.            (1825-1885).

Daum glass horse with broken ear

Replacement Glass Ears

New Ear

attached new ear

Shape new ear

Daum glass horse first stage of polish

Acid etch glass to match glass head

a few finishing touches and its as good as new

Daum horse new ear

Daum Crystal Horse

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Daum Crystal Repair, Daum Glass Repair, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Parts, Glass Sculpture Repair, Glass Sculpture Restoration, Glueing Glass

Antique Crystal Bowl Repair Broken Glass Foot

This bowl had a place of honor on grandmas dinning room table for over four decades .  There  it sat  with a stack of pennies taking the place of the missing foot. Grandmas birthday is coming up and wouldn’t it be nice to get the bowl repaired .  The local antique  dealers  and glass shops said it couldn’t be repaired .  What they should have said is they can’t repair it and they don’t know any one who can.

Missing Glass Leg

Cut glass bowl with a missing foot.   The leg broke off and was missed placed over forty years ago .

First step in the repair process to remove what was left of the broken leg on the cut crystal bowl.

glass leg

By casting a mold of one of the good  glass legs I was able to make a new glass foot .

Installed new glass foot

We were able to give grandma her pennies back after bonding the new foot to the bottom of the antique glass  bowl

No more pennies

The local “experts ”  got it wrong .  It  can be restored .  The crystal repair projects I work on now come from all over the world.

Crystal repair is now high tech with the use of UV adhesives and high temp molds .  Antique  cut glass bowls like this one are repairable . Crystal repair has come a long way in the last thirty years .

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

Crystal Repair Broken Waterford Stem

Sent from New York, New York for restoration the Waterford Crystal wine glass had a broken stem . It was cracked in two places were the stem meets the foot and were the stem meets the bowl.

Waterford Crystal with broken stem

Crystal wine glass after repair

Some were in New York city a couple is having a glass of wine with dinner and remembering when they went to Ireland  in the 80’s  .  They bought a set of Waterford Crystal Wine glasses after the factory tour.

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

Antique glass repair pressed cake plate

Grandmas antique glass cake plate was broken during washing.  Hot water was the problem it happens over and over again.  I seen it many times.  The good part about heat cracks is they are very clean breaks. The pieces fit back together and there are no small chips.  This  antique glass plate looked great after the repair.

Antique Pressed Glass Cake Plate

Pressed glass cake plate repaired

Repair pressed glass cake plate

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

Broken wine glass Waterford Crystal stem

Broken crystal stem are repairable. This Waterford wine glass was broken in three pieces.  I repaired the glass for a fraction of replacement cost.

Before

If you break a wine or water glass you should save the pieces because hey can be used to repair other glasses.

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

Antique Glass Repair broken crystal candlestick

The antique crystal candlesticks were dropped and broken.  We carefully reassembled them.  Antique glass candlesticks like these after repair set a beautiful dinning table.  Sent to me from Miami Florida for repair. The customer was very happy to get them repair because they came from Grandma.

Antique glass candlesticks before repair

antique glass candlesticks after repair

Set the table for a candle lit dinner.

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

Broken Crystal Bowl Restoration brilliant cut glass

Broken in many pieces this American Brilliant Cut Glass Bowl needed a lot of work.  Some days I feel like if they gave me a chance I think I could put Humpty Dumpty back together.

broken glass bowl

Repaired crystal bowl

Old bowls hold  candy and memories the memories are more valuable .   I have spent a life time repairing memories and having a ball.

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

crystal repair vase broken bottom

The customer came by with the silver liner that goes with the glass restoration .  This is rare that I get to see the whole piece together.     I send the glass back and never see it complete.

Glass liner and silver

Broken for years and badly repaired the vase needed a new bottom.  I had to stop  the  two cracks on the side from going to the top.  With a process using tempature  I can control in witch direction the crack will go.

broken vase

Vase wih the broken bottom cut off

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