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crystal repair steuben bottle stopper
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Decanter Repair, Chipped Glassware, Stopper Repair | Comments Off on crystal repair steuben bottle stopperIts 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.
Shown above is the stopper before repair.
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
crystal repair decanter broken neck
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Decanter Repair, Glueings, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »The crystal decanter had a broken neck and they were missing pieces. The crystal repair job was going to be more than a glue job. I needed to replace the broken neck .I cut off what was left of the old one and attached the new neck. Its not a perfect match to the old neck but very close.
Tags: Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass
Crystal repair chipped on neck of decanter
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 Posted in Broken Decanter Repair, Testimonials, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Crystal repair chipped on neck of decanterGood morning Marc,
I’ve finally gotten round to opening the box (major fall season home re-org project is in full swing). Your work is fantastic! I would never have known that there was ever any damage. Once I get the music box mechanism back together I’ll reassemble the decanter and send you some ‘after’ pictures. I plan to show off your work to everyone I know.
I would like your opinion on something. The half-dome well that forms the bottom of the decanter and where the music box mechanism fits was originally mirror-silvered. When I purchased the decanter some time ago the mirroring had long since been replaced with hobby silver paint. I didn’t care for how that looked so I removed the paint intending to resilver it with silver or gold mirroring once it had been repaired. Now that I see it all repaired, and with the music box mechanism all cleaned and polished and gleaming in silver and gold itself, I’m leaning towards leaving the decanter bottom unsilvered allowing the music box mechanism to show through the glass. What do you think?
John
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration
Crystal Repair Waterford Candy Dish
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair | Comments Off on Crystal Repair Waterford Candy DishThe cover of the Waterford Crystal candy dish had a large chip in it. I was able to repair it by grinding and polishing out the chip but the lid didn’t fit any more it was very loose. I needed to make the lid a smaller diameter. I cut a piece of crystal the right size and ground in a taper like on a stopper.
The lid fits just right now .
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal Repair