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Antique Glass Repair crystal chandelier

Fifteen year this antique crystal chandelier has been in a box in storage. Only two of the antique glass arms were not broken . Many of the boboches were broken also. Dirty, rusty and in need of new wiring . The restotation of this antique glass chandelier has started with the  dismanteling and cleaning.  The glue that someone used has turned white over the years and must be soaked and removed. I will post my progress in days to come.

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

crystal repair glass paper weight

Chipped paper weight  this paper weight needed a lot of work. It had a huge chip or more like a bullet hole . The chip was about two inches in diameter but not very deep. I ground out the chip and polished out the scratches. The cyrstal paper weight was as good as new. Over the years I have repair many paper weights.

Paper weight repair

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

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Baccarat Stemware Repair, Blowen Glass Figurine Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glassware Repair, Lalique Stemware Repair, Orrefors Stemware Repair, Stemware repair, Steuben Crystal, Steuben Stemware Repair, Waterford Stemware Repair

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

Antique Glass Perfume Bottle Baccarat

Antique Baccarat Perfume Bottle with a stuck and broken stopper. This Baccarat Bottle from the 1920’s contains valuable perfume. First task remove perfume and store safley . Then remove stopper and repair it.  I remember coming home and  knowing grama was in the house  as I came up the drive by the smell of her perfume . The smell of roses so thick you could taste them.

Antique Perfume Bottle with stuck and broken stopper

Baccarat Bottle Restored Stopper

Baccarat Bottle 1920's

Tags: Add new tag, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Baccarat Crystal, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Missing Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair, Remove Broken Stopper, Sick Glass Repair, Stuck Stopper

Antique Cut Crystal Perfume Bottle

Repair crystal bottle with broken dauber on stopper.

Antique cut glass perfume bottle and new dauber on stopper

Tags: Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, Perfume Bottle Repair, Remove Broken Stopper, Sick Glass Repair, Stuck Stopper

Crystal Repair Waterford Cake Knife

Waterford Crystal Cake Knife Broken Handle

Waterford cake knife is not a good choice for cutting ice cream cake. The glass did not break the metal handle did. In all the years repairing crystal I think this is a first. I removed what was left of the knife blade from the glass handle and silver soldered it. I put it back on the glass handle and its ready for the next party . Use the old big knife on the DAIRY QUEEN cake .

Cut Crystal Cake Knife Repaired

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

Crystal Repair Waterford Vase

 Chipped Waterford vase  in need of repair. A large chip on the rim of a very large Waterford vase  I gound down about half the chip and feathered out the rest.  The vase is as good as new it just needs a dozen roses to be perfect. Shipped from California to Ohio for repair. The key to a successful journey is good packing  double boxing a must.

Deep Chip In Rim Of A Waterford Vase

Very Large Waterford Vase

Chipped Crystal Repair  The “vaaas”  is as good as new and with proper care will stay that way . A good tip to keep water stains from forming inside the vase from hard water is to coat the inside of the vase with Pam spray oil.Then fill with water. After the flowers die pour out the water and use a little soap to clean off the oil. Warm water only never hot.   Definition  vase is under $300.00 and a vaaaas is over $300.00   Life is short  stop and snell the roses.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Glassware Repair, Remove Stains in Vases and Decanters, Waterford Crystal Repair

Antique Crystal Repair perfume bottle stoppers

Antique Crystal Stoppers Missing Daubers

Antique perfume bottles with two broken daubers tha task repair the stoppers. They can from a beautiful set with a gold basket . Restore the stoppers and restore the value.

Perfume Stoppers Restored

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, Perfume Bottle Repair, Remove Broken Stopper, Stuck Stopper

Crystal Repair remove broken foot

Antique glass with a badly chipped foot. If I were to grind this foot down there would not be enough glass left for it to stand so I cut off  the what was left of the old foot . I found a foot of simular size and shade an added it to the glass . We can toast in the new year with a old glass.

old glass with broken foot removed

old glass with new foot attached

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

Crystal Repair Perfume Bottle New Stopper And Dauber

Antique Cut Glass Bottle

Crystal Perfume Bottle With Silver Top

Can’t repair a stopper that is missing . So I designed two stoppers and my cleint pick the one she liked best. I ground a glass rod to fit the perfume bottle.Then found a cute little prism to act as the handle. Last was thing to do was make the new dauber and attach it to the stopper . This repaired crystal perfume bottle is ready for the stinky stuff.  Antique glass repair is very rewarding.In all the years I have been restoring crystal perfume bottles and stoppers this is the smallest and nices one. The sterling silver top makes it.

Cut Glass Perfume Bottle With New Stopper

Tags: Add new tag, Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Cut Glass Repair, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, Perfume Bottle Repair, Remove Broken Stopper, Stuck Stopper

Crystal Repair Broken Stem

A common story let me help no I would rather do it my self  no I can help  “Oh I’am so sorry”.Played out so many times.This broken stem is  to badly broken to be glued so a donnor glass was found and Idid a stem transplant.

Broken Stem

Glass With New Stem

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

Crystal Repair Pressed Glass Punch Bowl

Crystal Punch Bowl broken

I hear it over and over” I  put the bowl in the sink and turned on the water then I heard it crack”

crystal punch bowl

.  Dont wash glass in hot water or it will come to me for repair. This pressed glass bowl cracked in two pieces. I used an adhesive to repair the bowl and it will be used for many more  parties . Repairing antique glass punch bowls and other pressed glass pieces doesn’t return the value but it makes grama happy.

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

Crystal Repair Waterford Sail Boat

Crystal Repair Chipped Sail Boat

Crystal Repair   Broken waterford sail boat  grind and polish

Waterford Crystal Sail Boat

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