Antique Crystal repair Project Repair Gallery

Crystal repair Lalique broken and chipped glass

The  broken Lalique Crystal  statue was a present give to a customer in his eighties. He received it  when he was a young man.  It holds  great sentimental value and he wanted to repair it rather than replace it.  Some one tried to repair it. It was covered in glue and a number of large pieces were missing. I will need to recreate the missing piece.  

I use a foot from a broken Lalique compote to make the block .

Shaping the block to  form legs.

The final step is to etch the glass to match.  If you look close there is a small line were it was  glued.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Vhm

crystal repair broken glass globe

The antique glass globe was broken and many of the pieces were missing.  I make a new top for  antique glass globe .

I made the flag shade of the old shade.

I frosted the glass to match.

I cut and polished the design in the new top.

I installed the new top on the antique glass globe.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair

Chipped Crystal Repair Orrefors Obelisk

The solid Orrefors Crystal obelisk had several large chips on the corners .  The geometric shape requires grinding the entire side to retain the shape .

Orrefors Crystal Obelisk with chips

Rough Grind

Polished Crystal Obelisk

Orrefors Crystal Obelisk

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

crystal repair broken glass Daum Nancy vase

This Daum Nancy vase is very expensive and holds a lot of sentimental value.  When it got broken they almost threw it out.  This vase is shipped in a very nice box that has foam rubber cut to fit the vase.  The form rubber was useful in the repair  . It gave me a pattern to make the new glass replacement part.   The shape and size of the crystal top mirrors the foam.

Broken Crystal Vase

I removed the  broken crystal piece  from the green base. Then I make a replacement crystal vase to replace the broken one.

Daum Crystal vase after restoration

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

CRYSTAL REPAIR STEUBEN TROUT MISSING FIN

I need to make a new fin . I cut the rough shape of a new fit .  Steuben crystal is very clear so I used a broken Steuben Plate  so the glass would match .

Broken Steuben Trout

New crystal fin made from old Steuben Crystal plate.

Steuben Crystal

Steuben Fish with new fin

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

Crystal repair broken antique glass bobeche

I was send a broken crystal bobeche from an antique chandelier. The antique glass bobeche was broken in many pieces and a couple of large pieces were missing. I cut off the part that was not broken .  I used a crystal bowl with the same design as the original bobeche to recreate the broken and missing  portion.  I needed to drill a large hole in the center and many small holes around the rim

Broken Crystal Bobeche

crystal bowl

crystal bowl part

Cut off the good part of broken bobeche

I cut off the good part of the old bobeche and ground the bottom of the new bowl flat.

Crystal Bobeche with Old Top

I drill the holes for the prism pins.

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

Crystal Repair Antique Glass Chandelier Arm

The movers packed the chandelier like they always do ” wrong”.  They hung the chandelier in box fully assembled . You must take the arms off a chandelier before shipping. I have repaired hundreds of arms .

Crystal Chandelier Arm

The antique glass chandelier arm will be as strong as new after it is repaired .  When photographed on black you can see the repair if you look close .  When installed back on the chandelier the repair will be very hard to find.

Antique Glass Chandelier Arm

This repair could have been avoided if the mover had removed the arms before shipping.  Never ship a chandelier with the crystal arms attached.

Tags: Antique Crystal Chandelier Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair, Glass Chandelier Repair

Antique Glass Repair Broken Crystal Oil Lamp

The antique glass oil lamp was broken and in need of repair.  When the  antique glass lamp fell over the glass nob on the bottom broke off. .  There was a hole now were it use to connect to the metal base.

Oil Lamp

Cut off the broken part and grind flat.

cut off broken part

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Lamp Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Etched glass oil lamp repair, Oil Lamp Repair

Crystal Repair Antique Glass with chipped foot

The antique  Lalique  Crystal cigarette  jar was broken years ago.  The foot had a very large chip out of it.  The chip was to large to be ground out so replacement  was the only option. Over the years I have saved many pieces of glass. My basement is like a junk yard of glass.   I found a Lalique Crystal foot in my glass junk yard.

Chipped Lalique Crystal Foot

The chipped glass jar was gram’s and sat on the coffee table for many years .  The antique glass jar held cigarettes back in the day when every one smoked.

Lalique jar and new crystal foot

I cut off the damaged foot and prepared new foot.

Signed Lalique foot for repair

Bond the new foot to old crystal jar.

Lalique Crystal Lion Head Cigarette Jar Restoration

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

Crystal Chandelier Repair Candelabra Restoration

Right out of the basement, the antique candelabra was in total disrepair. It was removed from the dinning room and  placed in the basement .  The bronze frame work was broken in several places.  The antique wiring was fared and need to be replaced.  The globes were dirty and  badly chipped.

Chandelier Repair / Candelabra Repair

It had a broken center column.

Crystal Candelabra Restoration / Chandelier

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

Antique Glass Repair broken crystal basket

The antique cut glass basket had a broken bottom.  I cut off the broken part and made a new bottom of the antique cut  glass plate.

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

antique crystal repair broken glass handles

The cut glass sugar bowl was missing two handles.  They broke off years ago.

crystal bowl missing handles

Using the handles of a old broken glass bowl I replaced the missing glass pieces.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Cut Glass Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair

Antique Steuben Glass Candlestick Repair Broken Crystal Top

The Steuben Crystal Teardrop Candlestick is one of the largest candlesticks they made.  It is very common for people to forget to put out the candles after dinner.   When the candle  burns  down the heat cracks the candle cup.  I have repaired  many of these over the years by making a new candle cup.

Broken Steuben Crystal Candlestick Repair

Glass Replacement Part

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

Antique glass eye cup repair broken foot

This is the first antique glass eye cup I have ever see and repaired .   I tried it to see if it worked. I get pumice in my eye some times when polishing.  When this  piece was sent to me it only had a half a foot.  I cut off  what was left of the foot and ground the stem flat.  I made a new green glass foot. When making a new foot it is important to add some imperfections.   The old foot had seeds and cords in it.  Seeds  are small bubbles and cords are  lines of  distortion created from impurities in the glass .

Green Glass Eye Cup With New Foot

Antique Glass Eye Cup

I made a new foot for the vintage glass eye cup.

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