Glassware Repair Project Repair Gallery

Crystal Repair Blenko Vase Repair

  Blenko Glass  made this  very colorful vase. It  had the miss forture of getting broken when mom was out of town. I found a glass foot the same size as the original . Then I painted the foot to match the color and fired in my kiln to make it perminent. I use paint and stains used in stainglass windows for crystal repair. Antique glass came in many  unique colors .

Crystal Repair Blenko Vase

Blenko Vase With New Foot

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Swarovski Crystal Repair

Swarovski makes very fine crystal and over the years I could fill a zoo with  Swarovski Glass Animals I have repaired. I recently restored a pair of Swarovski Crystal Birds. Swarovski crystal repairs are generaly simple reglues.

I  also made a custom, wall hung, bent glass display case just for a collection of Swarovski Crystal Animals with mirrored shelves and custom low voltage lighting. The small Swarovski crystal prisms are glued together to create all kinds of shapes.It’s not uncommon for the glue to fail so don’t blame the kids if you find a three-leged dog.

Crystal Repair Glue Swarovski Crystal Birds

Custom Bent Glass Wall Hung Display Case

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

Waterford Crystal Wine Glass Repair

The chipped wine glass was headed for the trash when another Waterford wine glass got broken . One with a broken goblet ,the other had a huge chip on the foot. I did a footectimee . I used the foot from the broken waterford wine glass to repair the chipped foot . Grind down the chip was not an option it was to larg a chip . The wine glass wouldn’t have a foot to stand on.

Waterford Wine Glass With Large Chip

Crystal Repair Broken Foot Restoration

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

Antique Glass Chandelier Broken Crystal Arms

The movers broke several antique crystal arms on this Chandelier .The Chandelier was very dirty and rusty . The pins through the prisms had gotten wet and rusted. Repairing antique glass arms was the easy part.Cleaning and rewiring was the time consuming  part. I used white cloth covered wire per original . The clear plastic wire is less noticable but I like to keep  as authentic as possible .  Two of the strands of prisms were missing  I got lucky and had old ones in stock. I disassembled ,cleaned the glass and polished  the chrome pieces. When moving antique glass chandeliers they should be taken apart to relocate. We installed the restored chandelier in the dinning room .

Antique Glass Repair Crystal Chandelier Repair

Antique Glass Repair ; Iused old prisms were I could but I made a new drip prism for the very bottom of the chadelier . Customer didn’t know it was missing  .

Crystal Chandelier Restoration Complete   I enjoyed the transformation  and the client  call the moving company and thanked them. It was upsetting when they broke it  but it look so beautiful now .

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

Antique Glass Chandelier Repair Bobesche

Antique Glass Repair Bobache from antique crystal chandelier repair

An Antique crystal  chandelier  with a broken bobesche hung for many years at  grama’s house . Grama passed and her grandson sent me the broken crystal  cup. I made a mold of the antique crystal chandelier part so I could make a new one. After blowing a couple blanks I dilled the holes and polished the tops. Antique Glass Repair is very rewarding. Grama’s Antique Crystal Chandelier has a new home. Friends and family try and find the new part .

Replacement Chandelier Parts for Antique Crystal Chandelier Repair

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Custom Made Chandelier Parts, Glass Parts, Glassware Repair

Crystal Repair Orrefos Candlestick

If you forget to put out the candle it will burn down and crack the candle cup. Repairing crystal candlesticks is a challenge.  The easy way is to make a new candle cup if all I could do is grind the old one down there wouldn’t be much glass left to hold the candle . Crystal repair on candlesticks can be avoided by drill a small hole up through the bottom of the candle removing the wick.  The candle will go out before it can crack the candle cup.

Crystal Repair Orrefors Crystal CandlestickCrystal Repair Orrefors Candlestick New Top

Crystal Repair Orrefors Candlestick New Top

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Glassware Repair, Orrefors Crystal Repair

Crystal Repair Remove Etching Remove Monogram

Over the years, I have removed a lot of monograms and inscriptions.   Sad but a good set of glasses need not be wasted . May they toast many good events to come!

Names and dates can be polished off glasses bowls plates and trophies .  So if you inherit a set of glasses, bowls, plates or trophies, I can easily remove the unwanted monogram from them.    Feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all.  Thanks!

Remove Etching in Glass

Tags: Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair

Crystal Repair Waterford Vase

This Waterford Vase came to me with a broken stem. I ground down the stem 1/16 of an inch to remove chipped area. Its now ready for a rose.

Waterford Repair Crystal bud vase

Waterford Crystal Repair Vase

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Crystal Repair, Glassware 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

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 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 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

Pairpoint Lamp Repair & Restoration Services

In this post, we share an update on a broken Pairpoint puffy lamp. You can see that there was a large pizza-sized chunk taken out of the top. Additionally, you can see a large crack running through the lampshade below the missing area. The repaired and restored image will show the precision and skills that the Bruening Glass team has when they work on these types of repairs.

We Can Fix Your Pairpoint Lamp

If you have a broken Pairpoint lampshade, please contact us and we’ll be happy to provide you with a free quote.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Lamp Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Antique Light Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Shade Repaired, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Bohemian Cordial Repair

A customer brought this Bohemian Cordial into our office. The stem was damaged. We were able to fix this broken Bohemian Cordial by making a replacement stem and putting it all together. Can we repair it? Yes we can!

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