Bruening Glass Works - repairing crystal for over 100 years 20157 Lake Road
Rocky River, Ohio 44116
800.648.3050
mak917@aol.com

Broken Glass Glued

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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replace crystal top on wine glass

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken Stem, Chipped Stemware, broken glassware, chipped glassware | No Comments »

Its a glass with a history and it had to be restored.  I found a glass with the same shape and transferred the top to the metal stem.  I don’t know the history but she was very happy it was back in use.

wine glass new top

wine glass new top

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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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Crystal Repair broken glass hammer

Monday, August 2nd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken Stem, glass sculpture repair | No Comments »

They are for display only , but the grand kids didn’t know that.  Turn your back for a minute and you will have to send me your gable for repair.   Your honor my be a good judge but his baby sitting skill are off.

Crystal Gable Repair

Crystal Gable Repair

Glass Hammer

Glass Hammer

Looking for some glass nails .    The grand kids will love it.   More work for me.

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crystal repair cut glass clown restoration

Monday, August 2nd, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Figurine, glass sculpture repair | No Comments »

Sent to me from New York, the crystal clown needed to be reassembled .   The glass figurine needed a lot of work.  It was a present with a lot of sentimental value.   It is very important to clean off the old adhesive.

lead crystal figurine repair

lead crystal figurine repair

glass figurine restoration

glass figurine restoration

clown bf 2

I will send it back to NY,NY after the crystal repair is complete.  The  clown and memories in tacked this beautiful keep sake will go back on display.

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Antique Glass Bottle Repair

Sunday, August 1st, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair | No Comments »

Sent from California for repair this glass bottle came out  very nice. The pieces fit together and the glass repair was a success . In the family for many years the owner remembers his mom using this bottle to water laundry before ironing.

broken glass bottle repair

broken glass bottle repair

Bottle restoration

Bottle restoration

cal bot af3

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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 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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