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.
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.
Then with cork , horse hair and felt wheels I polished the cystal back to a brilliant shine.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, glassware repair
crystal repair cut glass punch bowl
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, chipped glassware | No Comments »American brilliant cut glass punch bowl and pedistal with minor chips on the saw tooth was sent to me for repair. This bowl stands two feet tall and is a very valuable piece of crystal. It could be a piece cut crystal made by LIBBY but I look for a signature but wasn’t able to find one. I polished the chips on the teeth and it was a work out because this is a heavy crystal bowl. The crystal bowl and pedistal just set on one another.
The bowl and pedistal are not conected. There were chips on the pedistal.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, antique cut glass repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, cut glass repair
crystal repair steuben bottle stopper
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Decanter Repair, Stopper Repair, chipped glassware | No Comments »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.
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.
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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 »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.
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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.
I can reshape the base of the vase.
First grind
Bevel foot to shape.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, antique cut glass repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique glassware repair, Antique lamp repair, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal Repair
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 »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.
- chipped base on compote
- antique cut glass compote
The restoration of this antique chipped crystal compote is complete.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique glassware repair, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Repair, glassware repair
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.
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.
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.
A bit shorter but still a beautiful crystal bowl
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal Repair
Antique Glass Repair broken dish
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Blowen Glass Replacements, Chipped Glass Repair, Glueings, chipped glassware | No Comments »I was sent an antique pressed glass butter dish that was missing a corner. The note with the broken glass dish read “Please do something.” I was able to do more than “something,” the dish is now completely restored. Here’s what I did, I made a casting of one of the thee remaining corners and created a mold. I then cast glass in to the mold, and came up this a rough glass corner. The grinding and polishing came next, and then I glued the piece in place. One final grind and polish, and now the dish can be used to hold butter, and a lot of memories.
That glob of glass I hope to make in to a glass corner to fit on this lid.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Dish, Broken Glass Glued, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, glassware repair, Glueing Glass, pressed glass repair
Consolidated Glass Bowl Repair
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, chipped glassware | No Comments »This green Consolidated Glass bowl came to me with eight chips on inside edge of the rim. A simple repair, I thought, but the easy ones are often harder than you think. This inside chip was tricky to smooth without hitting the inside of the bowl. Polishing required dressing that shade in a wheel, and then redressing the wheel. Finally, the bowl is restored back to it’s original beauty.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, glassware repair












































































