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Crystal Repair Antique Cut Glass Cruet

Marc Konys — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:15:24 +0000

The antique cut glass cruet was missing a stopper. It’s one of four cruets that fit in a sterling ring. With out the stopper the value would be greatly diminished. I made new crystal stopper.

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Crystal repair can restore the value . With out this repair the sterling silver antique cut glass cruet set is worhtless.

Crystal Repair Antique Glass Stopper

Marc Konys — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:44:49 +0000

A pair of Antique crystal cruets with a very delicate cut pattern were sent to me for repair. The one crystal bottle was missing apart of the stopper. They sent along the top of the antique crystal stopper but the bottom had broken off and was lost. They also sent along one good antique cut glass cruet that need a stopper and one good crystal stopper.

crystal repair antique glass stopper

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Crystal repair like this requires some glass blowing to make the new parts.

crystal repair antique glass stopper replacement stopper

crystal repair replacement stopper

LaLique Crystal Perfume Bottle Repair

Marc Konys — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:23:45 +0000

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

crystal repair steuben bottle stopper

Marc Konys — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:49:18 +0000

Its a small little chip on the bottom of the stopper. Steuben makes the finest crystal in the world but they made colored glass many years ago. This is one of the old “ colored glass” Steuben pieces. They are very valuable so a small chip is well worth repairing. The repair is simple just grind the stopper down . The important part is to match the same grit size so the frosting on the glass is the right . I have been a crystal repair man for thirty years and I love glass. I get crystal sent to me from around the world and I very lucky to be able to repair so many nice pieces of glass.

Repair crystal stopper for steuben bottle

Shown above is the stopper before repair.

Repaired crystal spopper

The old Steuben glass is very valuable and very beautiful. Its one of my favorite glasses to work on.

Antique Crystal perfume bottle repair

Marc Konys — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:19:35 +0000

This glass perfume bottle had an old style repair . They put a silver neck on top of the broken bottle and glued the stopper in. I removed the old repair and uncovered the broken and missing neck. The stopper was also broken. I made a new neck attached it to the perfume bottle . Then I ground and fit the old stopper to the new neck. It ready for some over powering rose sented perfume.

Broken Glass Perfume Bottle missing neck

Repaired perfume bottle with new neck

Repaired perfume with old stopped fitted to new neck

antique glass bottle repair

Marc Konys — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:38:25 +0000

The antique glass bottle had a broken stopper and the pieces were missing. I have some old black glass call vitolite and I used it to make a new stopper top.

antique glass bottle with broken stopper

broken stopper from antique glass bottle

I cut off the top of the broken glass stopper. I used a 1 1/2″ diamond core drill and a hole in the black glass . Inside the dill was a 1 3/8 core I used to make the new top for the stopper.

new top on stopper

Antique Glass Bottle with repaired stopper

I think the bottles belongs to a witch and she has one that says eye of nuet also.

Crystal repair “send from Chicago”

Marc Konys — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:04:32 +0000

Bottle with new stopper

The broken stopper wasn’t worth fixing . I made a new stopper using the old broken stopper for a pattern. Complete with the ballon the end.

Crystal Repair broken stoppers

Marc Konys — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:00:18 +0000

Antique crystal perfume bottles have a common problem the daubers break off. I make the new daubers to the size of the bottle. Crystal repair like this is rewarding but you do go home smelling like roses.

Crystal repair stoppers

In the last thirty years I repaired hundreds of stoppers. Many simple repairs like these and many very complex were I had to create a new stopper . Crystal repair never gets old .

Crystal Repair broken decanter

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:15:26 +0000

This crystal decanter came to me with a cracked neck and a stuck stopper. The neck of this decanter was broken in an unsuccessful attempt to remove the stopper. After I was able to remove the stopper, I had to run the crack so I could remove the piece and reattach it with glue. Running a crack can be tricky. The heat must be applied in a very controlled way so that the crack can be redirected to prevent further damage.

Cracked Neck After running the crackBroken Pieces off decanterRepaired decanter

If you look very closely you can still see were it was repaired, but the decanter is now stable and there is no worry that the crack will run through the body of the decanter. Fill with Rum and enjoy life.

Antique Glass Repair Venetian Glass Bottle Repair

Marc Konys — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:37:16 +0000

Venetian Bottle Broken Foot Missing Piece

A gorgeous Venetian glass bottle was brought to me for repair. The owner wisely researched many different repair shops before finding me. Not all repair shops have the experience to restore antique pieces like this one. I love doing this type of repair. The key to fixing this antique bottle was to find a new foot, and perform a transplant. The broken foot, or what was left of it, was cut off and polished flat. Using a UV cured adhesive, the new foot and the bottle were bonded together. The new foot was from a Venetian Vase from many years ago. My parts department (see picture) is the result of working with antique pieces for thirty years. I was pleased to find such a good match for this bottle, even the gold trim matched. Antique glass repair is enjoyable for me, and I truly love restoring antique glass artwork. In addition to crystal repair, I can blow glass, slump or bend glass, stain, paint, bevel, curve, engrave, etch, and cut glass.

Glass Parts Department

Venetian Glass Decanter New Foot