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crystal repair broken cut glass punch bowl

Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Glueings | No Comments »

Crystal punch bowls are very easy to break.  The most common way is when  the party is over you pour out the left over punch and put hot water in the bowl to wash it out.  Old thick brilliant cut glass can not take temperature change.  The thicker the glass the more vulnerable to cracking from heat.  This beautiful cut glass punch bowl fell victim to hot water in the sink.

Broken cut glass punch bowl

Broken cut glass punch bow

I can repair this bowl and it will be usable .  The cut pattern hides the repair and makes it very hard to detect .

cut glass punch bowl

cut glass punch bowl

After the repair the restoration is hard to find.

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crystal repair swarovski bear

Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Swarovski Crystal, glass sculpture repair, zoo | No Comments »

A common problem with Swarovski Crystal is the adhesive fails.  Over the years I have repair many pieces that have just fallen apart. The new adhesives  are very strong. It is important to clean off all the old adhesive .

broken bear

broken bear

restored bear

restored bear

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Broken glass repair venetian figurine

Sunday, August 29th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Glueings, glass sculpture repair | No Comments »

Glass Figurine repair

Glass Figurine repair

This Venetian glass figurine has a broken jacket.  It was sent to me from St Louis .  I can repair it using an adhesive.  This type of glass can not be fused back together the reheating will make the glass change colors.

Venitian Glass Figurine

Venitian Glass Figurine

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CRYSTAL REPAIR SWAROVSKI UNICORN BROKEN HORN

Sunday, June 27th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Swarovski Crystal | No Comments »

I have repaired at least fifty Swarovski Crystal unicorns over the years.  It  is very common to break the horn off.  This time the crystal horn broke off and the pieces were lost. I have  make a lot of horns ram , bull, dragon,but this was my first unicorn horn. I did not get it on the first try as seen in the picture.

unicorn horns

unicorn horns

Swarovski Crystal Unicorn repaired

Swarovski Crystal Unicorn repaired

After making the new horn I etched the glass .  Then I attached it to the head of the Unicorn.

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crystal repair cut glass decanter

Sunday, June 20th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Decanter Repair, Glueings, Uncategorized | No Comments »

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

cut glass decanter broken neck

cut glass decanter broken neck

The break was along one of the cuts

repaired decanter

repaired decanter

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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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Glass repair Faberge Egg broken glass base

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Etched Glass, Glueings, broken glassware, glass sculpture repair | No Comments »

A beautiful red glass ” FABERGE EGG” with a broken base was sent to me for repair.  This piece was made in Russia St. Petersburg as stated on the label. The copper wheel engraving of the double eagle is the main design with a very delicate boarder on the base .

Faberge Egg

Faberge Egg

Pieces had broken off the base and were lost.

Faberge Egg broken base

Faberge Egg broken base

Crystal Repair Faberge Egg

Crystal Repair Faberge Egg

glass repair new base

glass repair new base

Faberge Egg repaired glass

Faberge Egg repaired glass

Faberge Label

Faberge Label

I use a matching red glass to fabricate a new base .  The engraved boarder matched the design of the Faberge Egg.  Glass restoration like this is fun. A little creative thinking and for thought the glass egg will go back on display.

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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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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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antique glass figurine repair

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Glueings | No Comments »

Antique glass repair is made a lot harder when like this piece because they tried to glue it them selves.  They used a silicone glue and there are no known solvents for it .  It took a lot of rubbing and scraping to remove the silicone. Then we were able to repair it.

antique glass repair figurine

antique glass repair figurine

 

antique glass repair after

antique glass repair after

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