Perfume Bottle Repair Project Repair Gallery

Crystal perfume bottle chipped and broken neck repair and new stopper

The chip was to large to be ground and polished. I needed to make a replacement  glass neck.  The small crystal  bottle also needed a new stopper.

Before

I cut off the broken neck and polished the top of the bottle.

Made the new neck

Tags: Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, New Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair

Cloudy Glass Bottle clean sick glass

Stains inside the bottle needed to be polished out.   The “sick glass ” devalues the antique cut crystal bottle.

Tags: Antique Cut Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Perfume Bottle Repair, Sick Glass Repair

Antique glass perfume bottle repair

The antique perfume bottle has been in the family for many years it holds a lot of sentimental value .  The bottle has been broken for over fifteen years . The local glass companies and antique dealers in  Miami Fla. said it was not repairable .  Her husband persisted and told her she would find someone to repair it keep looking.

Antique Glass Perfume Bottle with broken neck

The antique amber perfume bottle was sent to me with a broken neck and broken dauber.  First step in the restoration process is to remove the broken neck on the antique glass bottle. Great care is taken to remove what was left of the neck with out damaging the bottle.

no neck

antique glass bottle new neck

After connecting the new neck to the old bottle the stopper is ground to fit.

fit the stopper

Replacement dauber for antique glass bottle.

Stopper and dauber repair

antique amber glass perfume bottle restoration

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Restoration, Perfume Bottle Repair

Antique Glass Bottle Repair

Sent from California for repair this glass bottle came out  very nice. The pieces fit together and the glass repair was a success . In the family for many years the owner remembers his mom using this bottle to water laundry before ironing.

broken glass bottle repair

Bottle restoration

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

Crystal Repair Antique Cut Glass Cruet

The antique cut glass cruet was missing a stopper. It’s one of four cruets that fit in a sterling ring. With out the stopper the value would be greatly diminished.  I made  new crystal stopper.

crystal repair make need

Tags: Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Stopper Repair, New Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair, Remove Broken Stopper

Crystal Repair Antique Glass Stopper

A pair of Antique crystal cruets with a very delicate cut pattern were sent to me for repair.  The one crystal bottle was missing apart of the stopper. They sent along the top of the antique crystal stopper but the bottom had broken off and was lost. They also sent along one good antique cut glass cruet that need a stopper and one good crystal stopper.

crystal repair antique glass stopper

crystal repair antique glass stopper new bottomcrystal repair antique glass stopper and new bottom glass

Crystal repair like this requires some glass blowing to make the new parts.
 

crystal repair antique glass stopper replacement stopper

crystal repair replacement stopper

Tags: Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Broken Glassware Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Stopper Repair, Glueing Glass, New Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair, Remove Broken Stopper

LaLique Crystal Perfume Bottle Repair

This is the first time I have worked on a LaLique Crystal Bottle like this. Over thirty years of repair I have worked on a lot of LaLique Crystal. There were chips around the stopper holes so I polished then out then etched then to match .

Lalique Crystal perfume bottle repair

Tags: Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chandelier Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Lalique Crystal Repair, Perfume Bottle Repair

crystal repair steuben bottle stopper

Its a small little chip on the bottom of the stopper. Steuben makes the finest crystal in the world but they made colored glass many years ago. This is one of the old ” colored glass”  Steuben pieces. They are very valuable so a small chip is well worth repairing. The repair is simple just grind the stopper down . The important part is to match the same grit size so the frosting on the glass is the right . I have been a crystal repair man for thirty years and I love glass. I get crystal sent to me from around the world and I very lucky to be able to repair so many nice pieces of glass. 

Repair crystal stopper for steuben bottle

Shown above is the stopper before repair.

Repaired crystal spopper

The old Steuben glass is very valuable and very beautiful. Its one  of my favorite glasses to work on.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Repair, Glassware Repair, Perfume Bottle Repair, Stuck Stopper, Waterford Crystal Repair

Antique Crystal perfume bottle repair

This glass perfume bottle had an old style repair . They put a silver neck on top of the broken bottle and glued the stopper in.  I removed the old repair and uncovered the broken and missing neck. The stopper was also broken. I made a new neck attached it to the perfume bottle .  Then I ground and fit the old stopper to the new neck. It ready for some over powering  rose sented perfume.

Broken Glass Perfume Bottle missing neck

Repaired perfume bottle with new neck

Repaired perfume with old stopped fitted to new neck

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Perfume Bottle Repair

antique glass bottle repair

The antique glass bottle had a broken stopper and the pieces were missing. I have some old black glass call vitolite and I used it to make a new stopper top.

antique glass bottle with broken stopper

broken stopper from antique glass bottle

 I cut off the top of  the broken glass stopper. I used a 1 1/2″ diamond  core drill and a hole in the black glass .  Inside the dill was a 1 3/8 core I used to make the new top for the stopper.

new top on stopper

Antique Glass Bottle with repaired stopper

I think the bottles belongs to a witch and she has one that says eye of nuet also.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, New Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair, Pressed Glass Repair

Crystal Repair Sent from Chicago, Illinois – Stopper Repair

Bottle with newly recreated glass stopper (pictured above)

In this before and after scenario, our client had reached out from Chicago, Illinois seeking to repair this treasured piece. A question we often get is “can it even be repaired?” In this case, we weren’t able to salvage the stopper that had come with the bottle. When it came down to it, the broken stopper wasn’t worth fixing.

The good news is that we have the ability to replicate new pieces in our workshop. I made a new stopper using the old broken stopper for a pattern. Complete with the ball on the end.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, New Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair

Crystal Repair broken stoppers

 Antique crystal perfume bottles have a common problem the daubers break off.  I make the new daubers to the size of the bottle. Crystal repair like this is rewarding  but you do go home smelling like roses.

Crystal repair stoppers

Tags: Add new tag, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Crystal Repair, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, New Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair

Crystal Repair broken decanter

This crystal decanter came to me with a cracked neck and a stuck stopper. The neck of this decanter was broken in an unsuccessful attempt to remove the stopper. After I was able to remove the stopper, I had to run the crack so I could remove the piece and reattach it with glue. Running a crack can be tricky. The heat must be applied in a very controlled way so that the crack can be redirected to prevent further damage.

Cracked Neck After running the crackBroken Pieces off decanterRepaired decanter

If you look very closely you can still see were it was repaired, but the decanter is now stable and there is no worry that the crack will run through the body of the decanter. Fill with Rum and enjoy life.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Broken Glassware Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Perfume Bottle Repair, Stuck Stopper

Antique Glass Repair Venetian Glass Bottle Repair

Venetian Bottle Broken Foot Missing Piece

A gorgeous Venetian glass bottle was brought to me for repair. The owner wisely researched many different repair shops before finding me. Not all repair shops have the experience to restore antique pieces like this one. I love doing this type of repair. The key to fixing this antique bottle was to find a new foot, and perform a transplant. The broken foot, or what was left of it, was cut off and polished flat. Using a UV cured adhesive, the new foot and the bottle were bonded together. The new foot was from a Venetian Vase from many years ago. My parts department (see picture) is the result of working with antique pieces for thirty years. I was pleased to find such a good match for this bottle, even the gold trim matched. Antique glass repair is enjoyable for me, and I truly love restoring antique glass artwork. In addition to crystal repair, I can blow glass, slump or bend glass, stain, paint, bevel, curve, engrave, etch, and cut glass.

Glass Parts Department

Venetian Glass Decanter New Foot

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