Crystal Restoration Project Repair Gallery

CRYSTAL REPAIR chipped and broken glass candlestick

When dinner is over  “blow out the candles “.  Time and time again people finish a candle lit dinner and retire to some place more comfortable  forget to  put out the candles.  Then the candles burn down and when the flame gets close to the glass candle cup it cracks.  This were I come in.

broken crystal candlestick “before picture”

Cut off broken part and polish .

cut off the broken crystal part

Create the new candle cup     crystal replacement piece

Replacement part

Attach the new crystal candle cup.

crystal repair candlestick ” after picture”

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

Crystal Repair broken glass decanter neck and stopper

The crystal decanter had a broken neck and the stopper was also broken .  I will need to make a new neck and plug for the bottom of the glass stopper.  First I will need to cut off the broken part of the neck.

crystal decanter with broken neck

Broken crystal stopper

New neck for crystal decanter

Cut and polished neck

Crystal stopper with broken plug

Make new bottom for broken stopper

Make new bottom for broken stopper

Polish inside crystal neck

Repaired crystal stopper

Crystal Decanter with repaired neck

All ready to fill.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Stopper, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

crystal repair Antique Steuben Crystal Teardrop Candlestick Restoration

If you let the candle burn down to the glass it will break.  The flame got to close to the glass and broke the top.  I have made many new tops for crystal candlesticks.  The teardrop candlestick by Steuben is my favorite.

Steuben Crystal Candlestick with broken top

First step to cut off broken top.

Cut off broken top

I have repair many crystal candlesticks with this same problem.

Replacement Part

I made the replacement top.

Steuben Crystal Teardrop Candlestick

Replace broken top with new top.

Candlestick restoration

Time to plan candle lit dinner.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Candlestick repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Steuben Crystal

Antique Glass Repair Whale Oil Lamp

The antique glass oil lamp has been in the family for generations.  During the last move the glass was broken. The pewter was in good shape.  We made a replacement glass .

antique whale oil lamp missing glass

Install glass

Whale oil lamp glass

Installed glass

Whale oil lamp restoration

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Antique Oil Lamp Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Crystal repair Lalique broken and chipped glass

The  broken Lalique Crystal  statue was a present give to a customer in his eighties. He received it  when he was a young man.  It holds  great sentimental value and he wanted to repair it rather than replace it.  Some one tried to repair it. It was covered in glue and a number of large pieces were missing. I will need to recreate the missing piece.  

I use a foot from a broken Lalique compote to make the block .

Shaping the block to  form legs.

The final step is to etch the glass to match.  If you look close there is a small line were it was  glued.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Vhm

Chipped Crystal Repair Orrefors Obelisk

The solid Orrefors Crystal obelisk had several large chips on the corners .  The geometric shape requires grinding the entire side to retain the shape .

Orrefors Crystal Obelisk with chips

Rough Grind

Polished Crystal Obelisk

Orrefors Crystal Obelisk

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

crystal repair broken glass Daum Nancy vase

This Daum Nancy vase is very expensive and holds a lot of sentimental value.  When it got broken they almost threw it out.  This vase is shipped in a very nice box that has foam rubber cut to fit the vase.  The form rubber was useful in the repair  . It gave me a pattern to make the new glass replacement part.   The shape and size of the crystal top mirrors the foam.

Broken Crystal Vase

I removed the  broken crystal piece  from the green base. Then I make a replacement crystal vase to replace the broken one.

Daum Crystal vase after restoration

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

CRYSTAL REPAIR STEUBEN TROUT MISSING FIN

I need to make a new fin . I cut the rough shape of a new fit .  Steuben crystal is very clear so I used a broken Steuben Plate  so the glass would match .

Broken Steuben Trout

New crystal fin made from old Steuben Crystal plate.

Steuben Crystal

Steuben Fish with new fin

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

Crystal repair chipped and broken glass fish

The glass fish was broken  years ago and they didn’t save all the pieces.  There was a large part of the tail missing.  I was able to shorten the tail and make the bottom fin a little smaller so it looks proportional.   I tried to cast a new part of the tail but matching the color was not an option.

A lot of pieces but not all of them

Repairing broken crystal and antique glass takes a little imagination.

The tail is about 3/8 of an inch shorter now .  I

This is one of a pair.  The client was very happy with the restoration and her husband was even happier .  He’s the one that broke it.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine 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

Crystal Repair Antique Glass with chipped foot

The antique  Lalique  Crystal cigarette  jar was broken years ago.  The foot had a very large chip out of it.  The chip was to large to be ground out so replacement  was the only option. Over the years I have saved many pieces of glass. My basement is like a junk yard of glass.   I found a Lalique Crystal foot in my glass junk yard.

Chipped Lalique Crystal Foot

The chipped glass jar was gram’s and sat on the coffee table for many years .  The antique glass jar held cigarettes back in the day when every one smoked.

Lalique jar and new crystal foot

I cut off the damaged foot and prepared new foot.

Signed Lalique foot for repair

Bond the new foot to old crystal jar.

Lalique Crystal Lion Head Cigarette Jar Restoration

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

Antique Glass Repair broken crystal basket

The antique cut glass basket had a broken bottom.  I cut off the broken part and made a new bottom of the antique cut  glass plate.

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

Antique Steuben Glass Candlestick Repair Broken Crystal Top

The Steuben Crystal Teardrop Candlestick is one of the largest candlesticks they made.  It is very common for people to forget to put out the candles after dinner.   When the candle  burns  down the heat cracks the candle cup.  I have repaired  many of these over the years by making a new candle cup.

Broken Steuben Crystal Candlestick Repair

Glass Replacement Part

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

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