Steuben Crystal Repair Project Repair Gallery

antique glass repair steuben crystal rooster

Dad   glued it together years ago and it came apart. I have done this repair thousands of time. Remove the old glue is the first step. Then make sure the pieces fit together.  The thinner the adhesive the better the bond.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

crystal repair steuben beaver

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

Steuben Crystal Beaver

restoration complete

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Parts, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Steuben Crystal Vase Repair Sick Glass Cloudy Scratched

This Steuben crystal vase was sent to me for cleaning.  I thought it was sick. ( cloudy from hard water stains) It was not sick it was scratched someone tried to clean it with an abrasive. They made it a lot worse by putting in thousands of scratches up and down in side the vase. I was able to carefully polish them out . Steuben Crystal has one of the highest lead content this is why the glass is clear.

cloudy steuben crystal vase

I polished out the scratches on the inside  of the vase and then I polish out the scratches  on the bottom of the vase .

Steuben Crystal Vase after Polish of scratches

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Remove Stains in Vases and Decanters

Crystal Repair Steuben Pear

crystal repair steuben pear

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Repair, Glassware Repair

Crystal Repair Steuben Bunny Repair

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Steuben Bunny after repair

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glassware Repair

Steuben Glass Repair

Broken neck and ear no problem  .

Steuben Crystal Giraffe

Some days I work on animals only  my shop looks like a Zoo

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

Crystal Repair Steuben Elephant new ears

Steuben Elephant Missing Ears

Broken many years ago and put in a box and forgotten. Then the internet and solution to the earless elephant .  I formed two ears out of a broken Steuben plate. This type of repair is fun know one would ever know the elephant had a ear job. Steuben glass figurine repair

Steuben Crystal Figurine With New Ears

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Baccarat Stemware Repair, Blowen Glass Figurine Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glassware Repair, Lalique Stemware Repair, Orrefors Stemware Repair, Stemware repair, Steuben Crystal, Steuben Stemware Repair, Waterford Stemware Repair

Crystal Repair Of Steuben Candlestick

This time of the year out come the candles and if you let them burn down to low they will crack the glass.

Repaired Steuben Teardrop Candlestick

 I made two new glass parts to replace the broken steuben candlestick top and bottom.  This $900.00 Stueben candlestick is ready to use .When I repair  Steuben Crystal  the restoration are cost effective. Glass blowing is the key to this repair . With out the ablity to make new parts this broken crystal candlestick would end up in the trash. This antique crystal candlestick will make many more Christmas Dinners.

Tags: Add new tag, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Arm, Broken Crystal Candlestick, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Candlestick repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Parts, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Steuben Crystal, Steuben Crystal Repair

Steuben Crystal Dolphin Repair

Stueben Dolphin Missing Dorsal Fin.  We were able to fabricate a new fin from the remains of an old Steuben bowl.  Please see below for the repair gallery. 

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Steuben Crystal repair new fin 5

Repaired Steuben Dolphin

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glueing Glass