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Archive for March, 2020

CRYSTAL REPAIR CHIPPED VASE LALIQUE

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 Posted in Chipped Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures, LaLique Crystal Repair, Uncategorized | Comments Off on CRYSTAL REPAIR CHIPPED VASE LALIQUE

The beautiful LaLique vase had a large chip in the base.

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Crystal Repair broken foot large pitcher

Monday, March 23rd, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Crystal Repair broken foot large pitcher

The large pitcher had a broken foot.  The chips were missing. We made a new foot and frosted it to match.

Broken Foot

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Crystal Repair chipped and broken figurine

Monday, March 23rd, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Crystal Repair chipped and broken figurine

The glass elephant was missing his hat and tail. We made a new hat and tail and frosted it.

 

 

New Hat and Tail  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Crystal Repair Chipped Decanter Broken Neck

Saturday, March 21st, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Crystal Repair Chipped Decanter Broken Neck

Chipped Crystal Decanter Broken Neck

The decanter had a large chip and most of the lip was gone. We cut off the top of the decanter flat. Then we made a new neck.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Neck old stopper ground and polish to fit.

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Curved Glass Clock Face Antique Bent Glass Lens

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Curved Glass Clock Face Antique Bent Glass Lens

Curved Glass SEIKO clock glass

 

The old clock had a broken crystal.

The glass was very thin (only 1 mm) thick and it had a very large radius curve  with very tight radius corners.

The installation was the critical part.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Crystal Repair Broken Stem Wine Glass

Monday, March 16th, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Crystal Repair Broken Stem Wine Glass

It was an old repair . They made a replacement stem from plaster. I make a new stem from crystal and replaced the old broken stem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old repair

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old plaster stem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made a new stem using

glass rod.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground the old foot flat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground the bottom flat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joined the old goblet,the new stem and old foot.   Now it matched the rest of the set.

 

 

 

 

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Lens Polishing Antique Fresnel Lens Light

Friday, March 13th, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Lens Polishing Antique Fresnel Lens Light

Old Lens

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Antique Panel Lamp Repair Glass Art Deco Light Fixture Repair

Friday, March 13th, 2020 Posted in Antique lamp repair | Comments Off on Antique Panel Lamp Repair Glass Art Deco Light Fixture Repair

The same old story. I was cleaning the antique glass panel lamp and broke one of the panels.

Antique Glass Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • New Glass Panel

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • New and Old Panel after etching

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Bent Beveled Glass Light Repair Curved Glass Post light

Friday, March 13th, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Bent Beveled Glass Light Repair Curved Glass Post light

A truck hit the lamp post and broke the bent beveled glass.  The light was no longer available and it matched ten other fixtures. We straightened the frame and made a mold of the curve.

Bent Frame Missing Glass

New Beveled Bent Glass Installed

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Crystal Repair Chipped And Cracked

Friday, March 13th, 2020 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Figurine, Glass Sculpture Repair | Comments Off on Crystal Repair Chipped And Cracked

The large crystal bull had a chipped and broken horn.  A big part of the horn was missing. I used the horn on the other side to make a pattern . Then I made a new horn.

 

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