Broken Decanter Repair Project Repair Gallery

crystal repair cut glass decanter

Red on clear glass decanter came in with a broken neck.

cut glass decanter broken neck

The break was along one of the cuts

repaired decanter

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

crystal decanter with broken stopper repair

crystal decanter with broken stopper

This Crystal decanter  was sent for repair with the broken stopper stuck in the neck of the bottle. First remove the broken piece in the neck .

antique crystal decanter with broken stopper

Make  a new bottom  for the stopper.

crystal decanter with new stopper

repaired crystal stopper

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Remove Broken Stopper, Stuck Stopper

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

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

crystal repair decanter broken neck

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.

crystal decanter broken neck

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

Good 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

Antique Glass Repair Cruet

Antique glass bottle was sent in for repair. Broken in many pieces it was one from a set. 

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

Waterford Crystal Lamp Repair

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

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

Repaired Waterford Crystal Lamp

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

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 Decanter Repair

This antique glass decanter  from the 1880 was in bad shape. It had a broken neck and missing pieces from the lip.  The customer was skeptical that I could repair an antique cut glass decanter in such bad shape. I can waite  to forward this post to him with the before and after pictures of his decanter.  This is a very old and very  good cut glass decanter and it would be a shame not to repair it. I cut off the broken part of the neck and then made a new neck and lip. I attach the new neck and fit the stopper.  If you didn’t know it was repaired you would pour a drink and just enjoy.

Antique cut glass decanter with broken neck

antique crystal decanter with cracked neck

cut glass decanter with new neck

crystal decanter after repair

Fit the stopper in the antique decanter

Many people don’t know this type of repair is possible please email this to your friends and family. Over and over I here I didn’t know you can repair glass I put it in the trash.

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

antique glass cruet repair

One from a set of the crystal cruets got damaged . It had a broken neck and missing stopper. The repair process required making a new neck. I cut off the broken neck and made a new piece. The small decanter /cruet/ bottle was broken and the pieces were gone for years. When repairing antique glass it requires a little imagination. The best way to repair antique  crystal is to just get started and made something you will learn from your mistakes . I made a  lot of garbage over the years.  

old cruet new top

Saved from the scrap pile. Antique glass sets are very valuable and with the silver tray very rare. To  restore this set I did a little glass blowing, a little stone engraving ( wheel work) , a little hand lapping to fit the stopper,and a little gluing.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Cruet Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Bottle Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Broken Glassware Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Decanter Repair, Glass Repair, Glass Stopper Repair, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, New Stopper, Remove Stains in Vases and Decanters

Crystal decanter repair broken neck

This is very old cut glass decanter with a broken neck. Its been in the family a long time and had to be repaired . With a diamond saw  I cut the broken neck off the antique cut crystal decanter.  I make a piece of crystal the same shape I cut off. It needed to be a little smaller so I could grind the stopper to fit.

Crystal decanter with a broken neck and missing pc.

Cut Crystal Decanter with new neck

crystal decanter repaired

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

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