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Crystal Repair Antique Cut Glass Dishes by Fry

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, chipped glassware | No Comments »

The H. C. Fry Glass company made beautiful cut glass . Henry Fry had the biggest and one of the best cutting rooms of the day . The factory was built in 1901 .   The three plates pictured here came for that cutting room in Rochester Penna. They were chipped and needed minor repairs.  Crystal repair on the best of the best is a very rewarding.

antique cut glass by H.C. Fry Glass Company

antique cut glass by H.C. Fry Glass Company

The saw tooth design is very easy to chip. I used small grinding stones that came from the Hawkes Glass Company in Corning NY to grind out the chips.

crystal repair  Fry Glass with chipped saw tooth design

crystal repair Fry Glass with chipped saw tooth design

Then with cork , horse hair and felt wheels I polished the cystal back to a brilliant shine.

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LaLique Crystal Perfume Bottle Repair

Saturday, January 9th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, Etched Glass, LaLique Crystal Repair | No Comments »

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

Lalique Crystal perfume bottle repair

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Crystal Repair Waterford Candy Dish

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair | No Comments »

The 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.

Crystal Repair Waterford Candy Dish

Crystal lid with new rim

 

Waterford Candy Dish Repaired lid

Repaired lid

The lid fits just right now . 

Waterford Dish and Lid

Waterford Dish and Lid

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Crystal Repair antique cut glass epergne

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Glueings, broken glassware, chipped glassware | No Comments »


Broken cut glass

The antique cut crystal piece was broken and apiece was missing. I knew I would have to make a new pedal. Antique glass comes in many colors even the clear “crystal” glass. I found in my parts department a piece of antique glass the right color and shape for this repair. I ground and polished the new pedal. Crystal repair is challenging. With the replace pedal finished I beveled the side of the bowl so I would get a good bond. Then cut in the thumb prints design. Being able to grind and polish a piece of glass that been bonded together speaks well of the strength of the adhesive. This repair job came from Pittsburgh Pa. from a very nice lady. Who I quote ” it’s not a bad drive two hours tops a little shopping lunch and were on our way home. Many customers are surprised what kind of damaged crystal can be restored. Most clients after using my services say I didn’t know that could be repaired. I threw away a lot of glass that could have been repaired. I wish I knew about you.

Crystal Repair antique cut glass epergne

broken glass glued

roth 71broken crystal arm

chipped crystal repair

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Chipped Waterford Crystal Vase Repair

Saturday, December 12th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair, chipped glassware | No Comments »

I told her don’t through it out I can repair it . It has a very large chip in the base she said. I don’t care how big the chip is I can repair it.

Chipped Waterford Crystal Vase Repair

Chipped Base

I can reshape the base of the vase.

Waterford Vase Chipped Foot

Waterford Vase Chipped Foot

First  grind

Grind Chip Out

Grind Chip Out

Bevel foot to shape.

Smooth Glass

Smooth Glass

antique glass repair

 

Waterford Vase repair

Waterford Vase

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antique cut glass compote repair

Monday, October 5th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, broken glassware, chipped glassware | No Comments »

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Very old cut crystal compote came in with a large chip on the foot or base. I cut off the base and made it thinner.  With  a diamond saw I cut off the chipped part. Then  I ground it smooth and polished it. 

antique cut glass compote

antique cut glass compote

The restoration of this antique chipped crystal compote is complete.

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antique glass bottle repair

Monday, September 28th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Decanter Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Stopper Repair, Uncategorized | No Comments »

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

antique glass bottle with broken stopper

broken stopper from antique glass bottle

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

new top on stopper

 

Antique Glass Bottle with repaired 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.

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Crystal sail sculpture repair

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, glass sculpture repair | No Comments »

This crystal sculpture was broken off its base and a large chip was missing. By reshaping the base and the glass sail this piece is as good as new.  Many steps are involved in this type of restoration. 
broken glass sculpture

broken glass sculpture

Crystal sail
Crystal sail

Large glass sculpture repair is made easy by my large milling machines. In the window  with the ocean as a back drop is were this belongs. Another piece is save from the trash.

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Broken Crystal Vase

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Uncategorized, Waterford Crystal Repair, broken glassware, chipped glassware | No Comments »

Joe emailed he had a Waterford Crystal vase that was a wedding present to his parents and the foot was broken and missing pieces.  Can I fix it ?  Yes  send it . He sent the vase from Resto Va.

Vase with broken foot

Vase with broken foot

The vase came in safe and sound. Joe followed the shipping instructions. My job make it new again.  I removed the old broken foot and found a replacement foot. A simple foot transplant and all you need are flowers.

Old vase with  new foot in need of flowers

Old vase with new foot in need of flowers

Its time to bring home the roses.

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Glass Bowl large chip

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair, chipped glassware | No Comments »

This Waterford Crystal bowl has a very large chip in it .  Repairing this chipped glass bowl will take some time. I will use a diamond saw to cut it down. Then I will polish the top.

Waterford Crystal Bowl Large Chip

Waterford Crystal Bowl Large Chip

 

Waterford Crystal Bowl

Waterford Crystal Bowl

A bit shorter but still a beautiful crystal bowl

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