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crystal repair antique sandwich glass oil lamp

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Testimonials | No Comments »

 

Marc, just received the oil lamp back today, wonderful work for such an old piece, just wish it hadn’t been broken, but your work was magnificent, absolutely professional, it can now join it’s other Sandwich Glass Whale Oil Lamp brothers. Truly enjoyed our conversation days ago, and I sincerely wish you and all your family all the best, a most remarkable accomplishment of which you and your wife should be so proud.

 

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crystal repair antique glass oil lamp

Friday, January 15th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, broken glassware | No Comments »

A very old oil lamp the first of his collection and it got broken.  He sent the pieces to be repaired.  I was able to bond the pieces together and fill the areas were  chips were missing.

crystal repair antique glass oil lamp

crystal repair antique glass oil lamp

My customer emailed the question can you repair a broken crystal lamp even if you don’t have all the pieces.  Yes I can repair glass even if you don’t have all the pieces.

crystal repair antique oil lamp after

crystal repair antique oil lamp after

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Crystal Repair Waterford Lamp

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique lamp repair, Broken Stem, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glass Globe, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | No Comments »

Off the table on to the floor the lamp went with a crash. ” Don’t worry I know a place that does crystal repair. Who  Bruening Glass Works can repair crystal.” Mom was still crying about her lamp but when she called I told her I can repair it.

Broken Waterford Crystal Lamp

Broken Waterford Crystal Lamp

I cut off the broken base and went looking for a new base in my parts department. The shade for a hurrican lamp was the right size and shape. 

Crystal Repair  Waterford Lamp

Repaired Lamp with new base

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Antique Glass Lamp Repair

Saturday, December 12th, 2009 Posted in Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Glass Globe | No Comments »

Repairs on reverse painted glass lamps come out very nice. This antique Pairpoint glass shade goes to a floor lamp. It came to me with pieces broken out and two cracks.  Antique glass repair takes patients and creativity . This lamp was repaired and is back at work.

Antique Glass Lamp Repair

Pairpoint Lamp Before

 

Pairpoint Pairpoint Lamp After

Pairpoint Lamp After

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Waterford Crystal Lamp Repair

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique lamp repair, Broken Decanter Repair | No Comments »

From a pile of pieces come a lamp.  It started with a broke ships decanter she saved for years and then she broke the base to a hurricane lamp . I used the broke Waterford Crystal ships decanter to make a new lamp base. I cut it off and polished the top . I found a piece to an old chandlier and used it along with the old top to the Waterford Hurricane Lamp.  I wish I had the globe to  the lamp.

Waterford Crystal Lamp Repair

Waterford Crystal Lamp Repair

 Not much to look at here but with a little creative design I can be a lamp again,

Repaired Waterford Crystal  Lamp

Repaired Waterford Crystal Lamp

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Crystal Repair chandelier arm

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Chandelier Repair, Glueings | No Comments »

These arms are off a antique crystal candleabra. Made in the 1700 s the wires go on the out side of the arms . There are no holes for the wires to run through. I will get pictures of the chandelier when its complete and post them .  The crystal arms were sent to me for repair from Oregon. The piece has been in the family a long time. I would love to know how it got to Oregon and when. I think it came from England.

glass arms

glass arms

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Beveled Bent Glass Light Repair

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique lamp repair, Bent Glass, Beveled Glass, Beveled glass lens, Chandelier Repair, Panel Lamp Repair | No Comments »

broken  bent beveled panel

broken bent beveled panel

Out door light with four broken curved beveled glass pieces .  The hard part is the metal  it got bent when the large piece of ice fell and hit the  light. First with a hammer and a piece of wood I repair the metal . On to the glass I made a mold and bent 1/4 inch glass to the pattern needed .Test fit each piece then hand beveled each glass panel.  Installed the new beveled bent glass panels and gave the light a bath.

Ice damaged metal

Ice damaged metal

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bent glass test fit

bent glass test fit

Hand bevel glass panel

Hand bevel glass panel

Polish bevel and install

Polish bevel and install

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Painted glass globe

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Glass Globe | No Comments »

painted glass globe

painted glass globe

broken glass globe

broken glass globe

Repaired Globe
Repaired Globe

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Broken chandelier arm

Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures | No Comments »

Broken Arm

Broken Arm

Repaired Arm

Repaired Arm

This antique crystal chandelier suffered a broken arm. These kinds of injuries happen all the time. Be careful when you move the dinnig room table so that someone doesn’t walk into the chandlier. Fortunately, broken glass arms from chandeliers are easily repaired, and they hold up very well. This is a small arm, and it is not very old. The older arms are made of solid glass without any space to run the wire, because they were originally made as candelabras.

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Crystal Repair cut glass lamp repair

Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique lamp repair, Chandelier Repair, Glass Globe, Glueings | No Comments »

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This lead glass lamp sat on the night stand for decades before it was accidentally broken into pieces. The cut glass pattern on this crystal lamp help hide the glass restoration. There were some minor pieces missing, but we were able to discretely fill those areas. Crystal repair has greatly improved with the new generation of ultra violet cured adhesives that don’t yellow, and are to provide a permanent fix.

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