crystal repair broken decanter and stopper restoration

A very old and beautiful decanter had a crack in it , was stained and part of the stopper was missing.  The antique decanter with a silver collar  had a locking stopper.  That was a first for me . I have never seen a decanter like this.

cracked

The crack was running down from the neck so very carefully I turned the crack and made it run back up to the top. After removing the silver collar the broken piece was removed and the stains ( sick glass)  were polish out .

Reinstall silver collar note key in lock.

Repair stopped by making new plug and grind and polish to fit decanter neck.

Tags: Antique Bottle Repair, Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Stopper Repair

Custom replacement glass globe for antique light with cut glass design

The replacement globe was very large and had a cut glass design.  We used the old broken glass globe to make a mold used in bending the glass replacement.

The replacement convex glass was frosted and the cut glass design was drawn on it.

The design is cut in the glass using stones and hand polished.

replacement cut glass globe

Tags: Antique Glass Light Repair, Custom Glass Globe, Cut Glass Shade, Replacement Antique Glass Shade, Vintage Light Repair

antique crystal chandelier replacement bobeche

The second largest chandelier in the world was in need of three replacement bobeches.  I have made a lot of crystal  bobeches over the years but not as large as these.  They sent me a broken bobeche with a part missing. I made a mold and cast it in plaster to fill in the part the was missing.

bobeche with plaster mold

bobeche blank

I made the blanks .

Crystal bobeche   twelve  inch diameter

Drilled the 24 holes and added pins.

Tags: Antique Chandelier Repair, Antique Crystal Bobeche, Custom Made Chandelier Parts