Antique Glass Repair Project Repair Gallery

Glass Dome for clock with crack

Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Clock Glass, Glass Globe, Glueings | Comments Off

: clock dome with crack

: Crack going up

: crack going down

: two pieces

: Glued and stable

An antique, glass, clock dome was brought to me because of a large crack. The crack will still be visible once it’s repaired, but the dome will be stable. I learned a long time ago from my old scientific glass blowing teacher how to control a crack. Now I can easily make cracks go wherever I choose. In this case, I was able to make the crack turn to the bottom of the dome. If left alone, the crack would have continued going up, and around, and eventually it would have ruined the dome. Now the crack is no longer a threat, and it can be easily hidden behind the clock. I am currently developing a new way of making glass domes like this one. In the future, I plan to offer replacement domes for customers with this type of damage.

clock dome with crack

Crack going upcrack going downtwo piecesGlued and stable

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

Consolidated Glass Bowl Repair

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Chipped Glassware | Comments Off

This green Consolidated Glass bowl came to me with eight chips on inside edge of the rim. A simple repair, I thought, but the easy ones are often harder than you think. This inside chip was tricky to smooth without hitting the inside of the bowl. Polishing required dressing that shade in a wheel, and then redressing the wheel. Finally, the bowl is restored back to it’s original beauty.

Inside lip smooth no chipsConsolidated Bowl

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

LaLique Crystal Repair

Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glass Sculpture Repair, LaLique Crystal Repair | Comments Off

Completed repairs on LaLique Horse Head. I was also able to remove scratches from the bottom.

Lalique Sculpture

Large crystal horse head

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

Broken cut glass bowl

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken glassware, Glueings | Comments Off

antique cut glass bowl

repaired bowl

This antique cut glass bowl broke in two pieces along the cut lines of the pattern. Breaks like this this can happen when you wash in hot water because old cut glass dose not take temperature change very well. Now the pieces have been reunited, and the bowl looks as good as ever.

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

Cut crystal repair

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken glassware | Comments Off

cut glass bowl

cut glass bowl repaired

A clean break makes this repair very hard to spot. This cut glass bowl broke without chipping, so the repair was not very involved.

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

Broken chandelier arm

Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures | Comments Off

Broken Arm

Repaired Arm

This antique crystal chandelier suffered a broken arm. These kinds of injuries happen all the time. Be careful when you move the dinnig room table so that someone doesn’t walk into the chandlier. Fortunately, broken glass arms from chandeliers are easily repaired, and they hold up very well. This is a small arm, and it is not very old. The older arms are made of solid glass without any space to run the wire, because they were originally made as candelabras.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Glueing Glass

Crystal Repair broken decanter

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Decanter Repair, Broken glassware, Chipped Glass Repair, Glueings | Comments Off

This crystal decanter came to me with a cracked neck and a stuck stopper. The neck of this decanter was broken in an unsuccessful attempt to remove the stopper. After I was able to remove the stopper, I had to run the crack so I could remove the piece and reattach it with glue. Running a crack can be tricky. The heat must be applied in a very controlled way so that the crack can be redirected to prevent further damage.

Cracked Neck After running the crackBroken Pieces off decanterRepaired decanter

If you look very closely you can still see were it was repaired, but the decanter is now stable and there is no worry that the crack will run through the body of the decanter. Fill with Rum and enjoy life.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Broken Glassware Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Perfume Bottle Repair, Stuck Stopper

Waterford Crystal Repair

Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair | Comments Off

This beautiful, large, Waterford glass vase has been damaged at the base. My first step was to rough grind the chip out. After a grinding and thorough polish, the chip repair is complete. All that’s needed now is a bouquet of roses. Bruening Glass Works is recommended by Waterford Crystal to restore damaged crystal to it’s original beauty.