Antique Glass Repair Project Repair Gallery

Crystal Repair Waterford Lamp

This Waterford Hurricane Lamp came from

Irland many years ago and has much

 sentimental value. The cup that holds  the glass

 globe got broken. I used a cut glass cup from

a new Wareford Chandelier to repair  the damaged

one.  Crystal Repair : Cut,Grind ,Polish and Glue

Grama’s Waterford Crystal Hurricane Lamp is

back on the nitestand.

Repair Crystal Lamp Waterford Crystal Hurricane Lamp

Repaired Lamp Waterford Hurricane Lamp Crystal Repair

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

Crystal Repair Broken Neck on Decanter

Crystal Repair Broken Decanter replace neck

This decanter is part of a set . It has a silver tray and cruet set so fixing it was a must . It was part of the family and I had to get a little creative to blend in the repair. I added some more etching to hide the new neck sorry I didn’t get a final photo. 

Crystal Decanter Repair Glass Fit Stopper

Crystal Decanter Repaired Glass Neck Fit Stopper

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, New Stopper

Venetian Glass Repair

We received the Venetian glass  figurines” blue couple “via mail.  When they came in I didn’t know if I had all the pieces. In the past, I have worked on many venetian clowns that have needed hands heads and balloons so I was sure I could restore then to original condition.  However, as you can see below, I was able to restore the piece to it’s original state.

Venetian Blue Man

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

Antique Crystal Repair Broken Foot

No chance of repairing  broken foot . The foot was broken off many years ago and the peices were lost. I found a donor foot on a footed vase. It was a little larger than needed but I can grind the foot down to the right size. I cut off what was left of the broken foot and attached the new foot . Missing foot repalced and the antique crystal candlesticks were ready to set the table. 

Antique Crystal Candlestick Replace Broken FootAntique Crystal Candlestick With New Foot Antique Crystal Repair Candlestick With New Foot

Antique Crystal Repair Candlestick

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair

Crystal Repair Of Steuben Candlestick

This time of the year out come the candles and if you let them burn down to low they will crack the glass.

Repaired Steuben Teardrop Candlestick

 I made two new glass parts to replace the broken steuben candlestick top and bottom.  This $900.00 Stueben candlestick is ready to use .When I repair  Steuben Crystal  the restoration are cost effective. Glass blowing is the key to this repair . With out the ablity to make new parts this broken crystal candlestick would end up in the trash. This antique crystal candlestick will make many more Christmas Dinners.

Tags: Add new tag, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Arm, Broken Crystal Candlestick, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Candlestick repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Parts, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Steuben Crystal, Steuben Crystal Repair

Glass Fish Repair blowen glass

broken fish with new fins

Broken fish

Repaired Fish now has a fin to stand on

I repair glass sculptures and I repair memories. Her grandfather was a glass blower and he made the fish back in the old counrty. The two bottom fins got broken . I have to remove what is left of the original fins and make new ones .Grind and polish the bottom of the fish first step. Next make two new fins that match color and size of the old ones. Attach the new fins and I’am done . That wasn’t so bad.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Fish Repair, Murano Glass Repair

Steuben Crystal Snail Repair

I received two broken steuben snails that were missing their antlers, tenticals, and antennas. I polished the area were the things used to be. Then I made about twenty antlers picking out the best for shaped and sized and attached then. They were as good as new.

Steuben Snails with new antlers

Stueben Snail Broken Antlers

Making snail antlers

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Steuben Crystal

Antique Glass PAIRPOINT Lamp Repair

PAIRPOINT LAMP REPAIRED

PAIRPOINT LAMP CHIPPED AND CRACKED

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

Antique Glass Chalice Repair

A customer brought us this green glass piece to repair. The problem was that there was no base to the chalice. We were able to repair this green glass chalice by creating a new base. You can see the before and after picture below. A ntique glass can be repair. I made a new foot.

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

Crystal Repair blowen glass figurine

We were able to repair this broken fish salt shaker for one of our valued  customers.  The customer’s meals are now complete because they had this piece restored.

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

Bent Panel Lamp Repair BENT GLASS

This old lamp was in the family for many years . We matched the green opal glass and bent five new panels.Repair lead Lamp Fame

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Bent Glass, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement

Crystal Repair Broken Stem Glass Repair

This brandy glass has a broken/ shadered stem We replaced the broken with a new stem from a donor glass. The glass was not an exspensive glass but it had a etching that made it sentimental. Glassware repair is a large  part of my work.

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

Antique Glass Repair Crown Bubble or Bent Glass Picture Repair

We were challenged by the client to fix this priceless Crown Bubble or Bent Glass piece.  We were able to successfully replace broken glass.  We custom made a mold to slump the glass because the unusual shape of the frame.  Bent oval glass is common, however, this octagon shape is very rare.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Bent Glass, Slumped Glass

Steuben Crystal Dolphin Repair

Stueben Dolphin Missing Dorsal Fin.  We were able to fabricate a new fin from the remains of an old Steuben bowl.  Please see below for the repair gallery. 

steuben crystal repair dolphin 1

steuben crystal repair 2

Steuben Crystal repair 3

Steuben Crystal repair 4

Steuben Crystal repair new fin 5

Repaired Steuben Dolphin

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