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crystal wine glass metal stem

The wedding glass were not expensive got them at T.J.Maxx but had to get them fix.  The glasses had metal stems and crystal tops that were broken. I found two good lead crystal glass and made the transfer.

Marc,

Tags: Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Glassware Repair

Customer Testimonials – Broken Glass Vase Repair

The story goes the vase was a wedding present to his parents. It was sent to me with the hope of repairing a memory.

The crystal vase had a broken foot and the pieces were lost years ago. The cut glass vase got a  new foot and now it just needs flowers.

Hi Marc,
Excellent work! I can’t believe you somehow managed to transform the fragments I sent into this beautiful piece of crystal. The new base seems to be a perfect match for the pattern on the vase.
Thanks,
Joe

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

Venitian Glass Figurine Restoration

This glass lady came to the United States in the 1950’s and has been broken a long time. Its a long boat ride from Venice Italy to the states.

I can repair the foot or make a new one. The cutomer wants the foot repaired first and if that doesn’t look good I will replace her foot and her mates.

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

Venetian Glass Repair

broke glass man

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

crystal salt and pepper

Waterford Salt and Pepper

New Tops

Replace missing tops

Tags: Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair

Antique Glass Repair broken dish

I was sent an antique pressed glass butter dish that was missing a corner. The note with the broken glass dish read “Please do something.” I was able to do more than “something,” the dish is now completely restored. Here’s what I did, I made a casting of one of the thee remaining corners and created a mold. I then cast glass in to the mold, and came up this a rough glass corner. The grinding and polishing came next, and then I glued the piece in place. One final grind and polish, and now the dish can be used to hold butter, and a lot of memories.

make casting of good corner

mold of good corner

pressed glass lid missing corner

That glob of glass I hope to make in to a glass corner to fit on this lid.

start grinding corner shape

grind / lap with 400 grit

glue glass on corner

Pressed Glass Butter Dish (with new glass corner)

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Dish, Broken Glass Glued, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Pressed Glass Repair

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

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

Antique Glass Repair- broken stopper

An antique glass decanter with a broken stopper was brought in for repair. The stopper broke off many years ago and was lost. The owners still had the silver top to the stopper, but a new glass bottom had to be made. I started with a glass rod a little larger than the neck of the decanter. I ground the end of the glass rod to fit the neck of the decanter. I made a stem on top of the stopper through heat and manipulation. This was fitted in to the silver top. The other chips on the bottle were left alone because they all had a story to go with them.

antique crystal decanter missing stopper

Starting with a solid glass rod I shape the end .

glass rod use for glass stopper

Heat and pull to create a stem to fit in to the silver top.

heat and pull ( stopper neck)

Keep it hot and on center

Decanter with new stopper (fill with rum )

Tags: Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Broken Glassware Repair, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Cut Glass Repair, Glass Parts, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, New Stopper, Stuck Stopper, Swarvorski Glass Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair

Consolidated Glass Bowl Repair

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

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

Cut crystal repair

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

Waterford Crystal Repair

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.

Waterford Vase Large Chipwaterford vase