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Daum Glass Vase repair chip

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, chipped glassware | No Comments »

Daum  glass has a satin finish and it makes repairing chips very difficult. This vase came in with a chip on the side of one of the leaves. I polished out the chip to a shine and then had it match the satin finish.  The satin finish is coarser than the frosted on a LaLique Crystal .

Daum Vase chip on edge

Daum Vase chip on edge

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LaLique Crystal repair and restoration chipped or broken

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, LaLique Crystal Repair, glass sculpture repair | No Comments »

This LaLique Crystal broken Base

LaLique Crystal broken Base

This  LaLique Crystal piece was sent to me from Florida for restoration.  The crystal base had a large chip broken off the corner.  The piece that broke off had been lost many years ago so bonding the chip back one was not an option.

Repaired LaLique Crystal sculpture

Repaired LaLique Crystal sculpture

By removing the entire base and making a replacement I was able to restore this glass .

Crystal Resotation LaLIque

Crystal Resotation LaLIque

The LaLique Rams are ready to go back on diplay.

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LaLique crystal repair broken glass ring

Sunday, August 1st, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Crystal Repair Pictures, LaLique Crystal Repair | 2 Comments »

This beautiful LaLique  crystal ring got broken.  The hard part of this repair was the fact they didn’t have any of the missing pieces. So I had to create the glass piece to fit what was left.

LaLique Crystal Ring Beore

LaLique Crystal Ring Beore

Broken and a large chip is missing.

LaLique crystal  ring cut and fit replacement piece

LaLique crystal ring cut and fit replacement piece

New glass fit on to ring

New glass fit on to ring

lalique ring af 3

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crystal repair steuben beaver

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glueings, Steuben Crystal, Steuben Crystal Repair, zoo | No Comments »

The Steuben crystal beaver had a broken tail.  It was sent to me for repair. It wasn’t a very clean break so I ground and polished the chipped glass . I had to reshape the tail also.

broken crystal  steuben beaver

broken crystal steuben beaver

Steuben Crystal Beaver

Steuben Crystal Beaver

restoration complete

restoration complete

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crystal repair waterford vase broken bottom

Saturday, May 1st, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Baccarat Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glueings, Waterford Crystal Repair, broken glassware | No Comments »

This Waterford Crystal vase had a broken bottom.   Sent to me with a piece missing and they lost  the piece . My only option was to replace the bottom. I needed a piece  of glass with a star cut in it and it had to be a good crystal. I found a crystal pitcher  that would work so I removed the bottom .

Waterford Crystal Vase

Waterford Crystal Vase

I had to cut off the bottom because they lost the piece that   broke off.

Waterford crystal vase new bottom

Waterford crystal vase new bottom

Waterford crystal vase

Waterford crystal vase

With the new bottom on this vase is ready for a  some fresh flowers.

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LaLique Crystal repair chipped table leg

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, LaLique Crystal Repair | 1 Comment »

Two legs of a LaLique Table bumped together while cleaning. The one leg got the worst of it . 

LaLique crystal repair big chip

LaLique crystal repair big chip

 

crystal repair lalique table leg

crystal repair lalique table leg

Lalique Crystal repair polish chip

Lalique Crystal repair polish chip

With the glass from a LaLique Wine glass I  made a new crystal nub.

LaLique Crystal repair new part

LaLique Crystal repair new part

LaLique crystal leg repair with new nub

LaLique crystal leg repair with new nub

 

LaLique crystal after repair

LaLique crystal after repair

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 pressed cut glass table

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glueings | No Comments »

crystal repair pressed cut glass table before repair

crystal repair pressed cut glass table before repair

Press glass table broken in many pieces was sent to me from Cambridge Maryland. It had been in the family a long time and they didn’t think any thing could be done. They went to the internet and ask  “can broken cut glass be repaired”.  That is  how they found me. I have never seen a traditional cut glass pattern like this pressed in a glass so large.  The glass top is close to thiryt inches across I would like to see what the base is.

 

crystal repair  pressed glass table top after

crystal repair pressed glass table top after

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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 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.

crystal repair cut glass punch bowl

crystal repair cut glass punch bowl

The bowl and pedistal are not conected. There  were chips on the pedistal.

crystal repair cut glass punch bowl and pedistal

crystal repair cut glass punch bowl and pedistal

crystal repair cut glass punch saw tooth design

crystal repair cut glass punch saw tooth design

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