Antique Glass Repair Project Repair Gallery

Total Replacement – Curved Glass Cabinet Restoration

Here’s one of our latest curved glass replacement projects. We actually created custom glass molds to replicate all of the glass for this antique cabinet. The final product is something we’re extremely proud of. We help our customers restore all kinds of glass cabinets no matter what the size.

We help all kinds of customers from all areas of the world. From Cleveland to New York to Canada, we can help you fix it!

Tags: Curved Glass Repair And Replacement

CRYSTAL REPAIR ANTIQUE WINE GLASS BROKEN STEM AND FOOT

Antique Wine Glass Broken Stem

Repaired glasses

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

Crystal Repair Antique Cruet Set Chipped Foot

The foot on the antique crystal cruet was chipped badly.

Tags: Antique Glass Cruet Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Cruet Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

BROKEN GLASS PAINTED LAMP REPAIR

A very old lamp that has been in the family for  many years was broken in a move.  The painted glass and metal base  were both damaged.

BROKEN GLASS CYLINDER

REPAIRED METAL BASE REATTACHED FISH AND RING AND GUILED

READY FOR YEARS OF ENJOYMENT

Tags: Antique Glass Lamp Repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, BROKEN GLASS LAMP REPAIR, Painted Glass Lamp Repair

CHANDELIER REPAIR RESTORATION PARTS

We need to make a couple of bobeches for a antique chandelier. The fist step is to make the crystal blanks.  We cast a mold of the old bobeche in high temp ceramic. We used that mold  to cast the class in to.

Glass / Crystal Blank

cut to shape and stone cut the sides

final polish

The last thing to do is drill the holes for the pins . Then hang the prisms .

Install

Tags: Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Repair, Custom Made Chandelier Parts

VENETIAN GLASS REPAIR BROKEN CANDLESTICK

The candlestick was broken and two pieces were glued back on.

Broken Venetian Candlestick

Broken Pieces Glued In

Made New Replacement Piece

Cut Off Old Broke Piece

As Good As New

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Venetian Murano Glass Repair

Crystal Repair Wine Glass with broken stem

These wine glasses were sent from Italy for restoration. They survived  two world wars and succumb to a family move. They hold many memories and toasted many events .

Luckily the bowls were not damaged .  They were in need of a stem and foot transplant.

broken stem and foot

Draw pattern of stem to maintain correct height.

line drawing of stem needed

new stem

ground to size

family treasures

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Stemware Repaired, Broken Wine Glass, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Antique crystal candlestick repair

This verrrrry  old crystal candlestick net its demise like many candle holders .  The candle was allowed to burn down and the flame crack the crystal candle cup.  This one of the finest cut glass pieces I have had the pleasure to restore.

broken candle cup

blown glass blank replacement piece

replacement crystal candle cup

replacement installed

hand cut crystal top

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

CRYSTAL REPAIR CHANDELIER ANTIQUE PRISM

The  antique crystal  chandelier was in disrepair. One of the crystal spires was broken.   We cast a mold  using one of the old prisms as a pattern . First a rough cast is make of crystal . Then the casting is ground and polish . Then the  brass feral from the old broken prism is attached .

casting sample prism

A high temp ceramic mold is made .

rough casting

The mold is then filled with crystal and place in a kiln for annealing.

smooth casting

The  rough casting is made smooth using #100 # 200 and #400 grit smoothing stones.

polish prism

The crystal is hand polished using a cork wheel with pumis  and the final step is a felt wheel with cerium oxide.

Add the brass feral

The  brass feral was remove from the old broken prism and installed on the new replacement.

The antique crystal chandelier is back to its original glory.

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

Antique Bent Glass Lamp Repair

Changing the light bulb was traumatic for the antique glass shade.   It fell and the majority of the panels were broken.

broken antique glass shade

Most of the top pieces were broken and some of the bottom pieces.   The top pieces were the most difficult to fit.

Broken antique slag lamp

antique slag lamp repair

antique glass lamp restoration

Tags: Antique Bent Glass Lamp, Curved Glass Lamp Repair, Glass Lamp Shade Repair, Slag Glass Lamp Repair

Antique Gauge Barometer Beveled Glass Lens Repair and Restoration

The beveled glass lens in the antique barometer was cracked.  The tolerances are very tight fitting the glass in the brass bezel. The glass is friction fit. It is not glued in. Here is the before state:

antique beveled glass lens

Here is what we created

brass bezel with glass

If you have an antique barometer that is in need of repair, please feel free to reach out and contact us.

Tags: Antique Barometer Glass, Antique Beveled Glass, Beveled Glass Gauge, Beveled Glass Lens

Crystal Repair Chipped and Broken Lamp

The crystal lamp was broken and the base has a large  chip .  The solution was to reshape the base .

broken glass lamp

Grind and polish glass chip.

glass lamp restorationbd v

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair

Glass Sculpture Restoration Large Horse missing pieces

The first step was to remove what was left of the mane.

Broken Mane

Grind and polish area smooth.

Create the new glass mane.

Attach the new glass mane to the Italian sculpture.

The sculpture is ready to be displayed.

Tags: Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair

crystal repair broken stopper chipped glass

The stopper was in bad shape .  It was broken in three places and  there were some pieces missing.  I needed to add a pieces of glass to get the right height. The decanter is a beautiful cobalt blue cut to clear .  The plug of the stopper was broken off. That is the part that is ground to fit the neck of the decanter.

Broken stopper with missing pieces

Added cut glass piece to the middle and a new plug.

Ground and fit the new plug to fit the neck of the decanter.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Glass Stopper Repair