Crystal Figurine Repair Project Repair Gallery

antique glass repair

A Steuben crystal  quail came in with a broken  and missing  ” thing on its head”   I don’t know what to call it. So with a little research I found picture of a good one . I then made a new  wachama call it.

Steuben Quail BrokenSteuben Quail new thing on head

Steuben Quail new thing on head

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Antique glass repair

Marc, I just received by repaired glass figurine, and she looks great! Thank you so much!You did a great job!  Stacia Stephens

Antique Glass Figurine Venetian

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broken martini glass

Is that your " minkey"

Your monkey is all better

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Venetian Glass Repair

broke glass man

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Swavorski train wreck gets repaired

What a train wreck! This swavorski crystal train came to me in about 25 pieces. It needed to be completely reassembled and glued into place, but I had not been given a picture of the original. Reassembling this train was a like a jigsaw puzzle. The fun part was creating a something beautiful from the pieces. I consider that crystal repair at its finest.

Swarvoski Crystal Train

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Crystal Repair Lalique Horse Head

This large glass sculpture was damaged when an earth quake knocked prisms off of a chandelier onto the sculpture below. This very large, very expensive, LaLique Crystal Horse Head sustained many small chips from each of the falling prisms. Crystal repair on such a heavy piece of glass over such a large area can be tricky, but the sculpture’s appearance, and it’s value were completely restored.

LaLique Horse Head

First Grind (remove more than thirty dings

More than thirty chips had to be removed from this very expensive LaLique Crystal Sculpture.

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Crystal Repair Sculpture

glass heads kissing

These pieces came to me broken off the black glass base, and with deep chips in both pieces. Using a Bridgeport Milling Machine with a diamond tool, I resurfaced the black glass cube and removed all the chips. Hand lapping the cube from 120 to 220 to 400 grit, them pumice, and finally ceriumoxide brought back the high shine. The original placement of the kiss was retained so as not to alter the overall aesthetic appeal of the piece. The only clue that there has been a repair is that the base is now slightly smaller.

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

Crystal Repair Swarovski Whale

It’s hard to swim straight with no tail. This whale was in need of some saving.  It was a simple repair. Please view some of my other Swarovski repairs if you have a piece of crystal that needs to be rescued.

Crystal Whale with broken tail

Swarovski Crystal Whale

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

Crystal Repair Steuben Elephant new ears

Steuben Elephant Missing Ears

Broken many years ago and put in a box and forgotten. Then the internet and solution to the earless elephant .  I formed two ears out of a broken Steuben plate. This type of repair is fun know one would ever know the elephant had a ear job. Steuben glass figurine repair

Steuben Crystal Figurine With New Ears

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Swarovski Crystal flower broken stem

swarovski crystal flower

A Broken Crystal flower with missing piece of the stem needed to be repaired. I asked if they could send in one of the flowers that was not broken to use as a guide . Then I make a new stem and replaced the broke one. In this repair the challange was getting what was left of the stem out with out breaking any leaves.

Broken Glass Repaired

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Arm, Broken Glass Glued, Bubble Convex Glass, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Parts, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Swarovski Figurine Repair, Swarvorski Crystal Repair, Swarvorski Glass Repair, Waterford Stemware 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

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