Waterford Crystal Repair Project Repair Gallery

CHIPPED CRYSTAL WINE GLASS REPAIR

At Bruening Glass Works, we can literally repair any type of glass wine, water, martini glass etc. Here’s another example of a before and after project that we completed for a customer. You can clearly see the chip in the top of the glass as it was mailed to us.

Chipped Glass

 
Here’s a shot of the same glass that is now repaired. Additionally, we’ll clean the glass prior to shipping it back to you.

Polish Out The Chip

Tags: Baccarat Crystal, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Lalique Crystal Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair

Broken Waterford Crystal Compote Repair

A large Waterford Crystal compote with the seahorse stem broke right below the bowl. Some of the glass stem was still attached to the bowl.  We ground and polished the bottom of the bowl removing the pieces of the broken stem.

Broken glass attached to bottom of bowl

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

Crystal Repair chipped Waterford crystal compote

There was a very large chip in the Waterford Crystal compote.

By grinding the top of the compote down I was able to remove the chip.

Waterford Crystal Compote Repair

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

Waterford Bowl with chipped foot repair

The Waterford Crystal bowl had a large chip on the foot.  I had a matching foot so I cut off the chipped one and replaced it with a good foot.

Waterford bowl chipped foot

Repaired Crystal Bowl

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

CRYSTAL REPAIR CHIPPED WATERFORD CLOCK

The Waterford Crystal clock had a very large chip in the base.   I cut off the damaged base and replaced it.

The new glass base was installed and the clock was sent back .  The clock movement was installed by the owner.

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

CRYSTAL REPAIR WATERFORD BOWL CHIPPED GLASS FOOT

The Waterford Bowl had a large chip on the base.  The chip was to large to grind and polish out.  I found a broken candle stick that had the same shape base.  I removed the base from the damaged candlestick to use on the bowl.

Waterford Bowl chipped base

Rough grind the bottom flat and polish.

Waterford Bowl with damaged foot removed

Polished the bottom

new foot

Waterford Crystal Bowl new base

Tags: Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal Repair

Waterford Crystal Repair Broken Lamp

The Waterford crystal lamp was  sent to me from Pennsylvania  for repair.  The base of he lamp was broken off and they didn’t have all the pieces .    There was a crack a running up the bottom and I had to carefully control the crack and turn it so it ran back to the bottom.   I didn’t want the crack to run up to the top of the lamp.

Broken Waterford Lamp Base

I looked and found a Waterford Crystal bowl to make the new base out of.

Brioken glass lamp

Cut off broken parts from the bottom of the  lamp.

Crack running up

I loop the crack back down and remove piece so it can be repaired.  The lamp is stable now by controlling the crack we minimized its in-pack.  Little cracks only stay little for awhile.

New base for lamp

Smooth and polish the parts for reassembly .

Hole for lamp cord

Using a Waterford Crystal bowl I made a new base for the lamp complete with Waterford logo.

Drill a large hole in the bowl.

Waterford Table Lamp

Tags: Broken Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal Repair

Waterford Crystal Repair chipped candlestick

The Waterford Crystal candle stick was sent to a shop for repair.  They ground all for corners to match and did not polish them.   The customer was very upset and sent the piece to me to be redone .   I ground the corners back to a point per original design and polished them.

Waterford Crystal Candelstick Repair

The other glass repair place sent this back as a finished job.

As good as new

repaired all four corners

This was used in there wedding in Ireland.

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

New York Waterford Crystal Repair – Broken Glass Dreidel restoration

A precious glass dreidel is not a toy to play with.   In this instance, one of the grand kids did not listen and broke it accidentally.  They were delighted to know we could restore this piece.     The Waterford Crystal Dreidel was missing the handle .

Waterford Crystal Dreidel with broken handle

Using a glass lath and a crystal rod I fabricated a new handle.   I was able to down load a full size picture and use it for a pattern of the original.

Waterford Crystal Dreidel with New Handle

Sent for repair from New York, New York  and returned in time for passover.

Theyll know the next time to not let the kids play with it.

If you are in New York and need crystal repair, Bruening Glass works has restored all kinds of crystal pieces for customers all over the globe.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, New York City Crystal Repair, New York Crystal Repair

Waterford Crystal repair broken candlestick missing piece

The Waterford crystal candlestick was broken and they lost the pieces.  Making a piece to fit were the piece broke out was not an option. So I made a new top to replace were the glass was missing.

waterford crystal candle holder

Broken Glass candle holder

After making the new top I cut off the broken part .

Waterford Candle holder with new top

Waterford Crystal Candle Holder after restoration

waterford glass crystal restoration with new glass top

Tags: Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal 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

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

Crystal Ice Bucket Repair Waterford Glass

The broken Waterford crystal ice bucket was sent to me from Atlanta,  Georgia .  What happened was common   after the party they poured out the ice and then wash it in hot water.  Waterford crystal  can not take the thermal shock.

Waterford crystal repair broken ice bucket

Waterford Ice Bucket after repair

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

Waterford Crystal vase repair

Broken when washing with hot water.  Waterford crystal and all crystal vases should be wash with warm water.  This one cracked in half and we repair with an adhesive.

Waterford Vase

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