Antique Glass Repair Project Repair Gallery

Antique Glass Repair Seuben Crystal Penguin

The antique glass penguin was broken and put away years ago.  The glass was discovered and the search was on to find some one to repair it.  The one fin was broken off and many of the small pieces were lost.  That  Steuben Crystal penguin held memories of years go by.

Steuben Crystal Penguin Repair

A piece of Steubn Crystal from a broken ashtray

new wing

Remove broken wing

Sizing Up New Wing

New Wing

I used a piece of Steuben Crystal to sculpt the replacement wing because of the color . Steuben is forty nine percent lead and very clear.  The lead also makes it very soft so I have to use the very best cerium oxide for the final step in the polishing process.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Steuben Crystal Repair

Antique Glass Repair Chipped Daum Turtle

The rare Daum Glass turtle had a chip on the shell.  Grinding and polishing the chip is not an option. The difficulty is matching the density when filling the chip.  Antique Daum cast glass has a lot of detail and color . The translucent glass is very beautiful.

antique chipped glass repair

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

Crystal perfume bottle chipped and broken neck repair and new stopper

The chip was to large to be ground and polished. I needed to make a replacement  glass neck.  The small crystal  bottle also needed a new stopper.

Before

I cut off the broken neck and polished the top of the bottle.

Made the new neck

Tags: Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, New Stopper, Perfume Bottle Repair

Chipped Crystal Repair LaLique Glass Cross

The lead glass crucifix had a large chip in the base. A cross like his is on the grave of Rene LaLique  the founder of LaLique Crystal .

Tags: Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Lalique Crystal Repair

antique glass bowl repair broken pressed glass

It’s not an expensive piece but she needed it back together .  The  antique opalescent  pressed glass bowl was broken into many pieces.

Broke Antique Glass Bowl Before Repair

The breaks were very clean there were no little chips . This made it a very good repair .

Antique Pressed Glass Bowl After Restoration

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Pressed Glass Repair

Steuben Crystal Candlestick Repair Broken Top

The dinner is over and you didn’t put out the candles .  They burn down and crack the tops of the crystal candlesticks.   I can make a new top cut off the old and replace it.

Steuben Crystal Candlestick with broken top

New Candle cup

Broken candlestick less the top

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Steuben Crystal

Antique bent glass light repair

Sent to me  from Louisiana the old light fixture was hung in the hallway and fell  victim to the painters ladder.   The broken glass was very thin and a compound bend that makes it hard to duplicate.

Tags: Antique Lamp Repair, Curved Glass Repair And Replacement

Antique Carriage Clock Beveled Glass Replacement

I have made “new “old glass for hundreds of carriage clocks.  The bevels are small and come to a very sharp point on the edges .  They need to be  thin on the edge because the grove in the brass were the glass fits is very small.  I use old glass when I make replacement panels for antique clocks.  You can tell the old glass by the wavy surface and seeds (small bubbles in the glass). This glass is 100 years plus in age .  I have a stock of old ( antique )  glass I use for clocks. It helps preserve the value of the clock.

wavy old glass

This glass is very old and perfect for making replacement beveled glass panels for antique carriage clocks and regulators.

Tags: Antique Clock Glass, Beveled Glass for Clocks, Carriage Clock Glass, Replacement Clock Glass, Replacement Glass for Clock

Art Deco Light Repair Glass Slip Shade

Two slip shades were broken during a remodeling project .   One shade was broken into about  ten pieces and one was broken into hundreds of pieces . I repaired  one shade  and reproduced one shade  .  Using a good shade as a form I cast a mold to make a new glass deco shade.

new Art Deco Slip Shade

original  shade

Replacement shade

casting mold

mold

High temperature plaster and silica mold for make new glass shade.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Art Deco Lamp Repair, Cast Glass Shade, Glass Panel Lamp Repair, Slip Shade Repair

Broken Antique Glass Candlestick Repair

A every common event after dinner is to hear a little ping sound .  Yes you forgot to put out the candles and they burnt down and broke the top of your antique crystal candlesticks .  I used a pair of bobeches to recreate new tops.   Crystal repair requires a little out of the box thinking.

Cystal candlestick with broken top

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Candlestick Repair, Crystal Candlestick repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Chandelier Repair broken crystal parts

Repairing broken crystal parts for chandeliers is cost effective .  This antique crystal part from a chandelier was broken and a replacement was not available .  I made a new top piece to replace the broken part and used the bottom part that was still good.

Cut off damaged part and make new replacement piece.

restoration complete

Tags: Antique Crystal Chandelier, Chandelier Repair, Chandelier Restoration, Crystal Chandelier Repair

Carnival Glass Depression Glass Pressed Glass bowl repair

The bowl was broken in half and in need of restoration.  It was a clean break so I think would guess hot water in the sink was the culprit . This type of repair comes out very good because of the color and texture.  Cracked glass bowls are sent to me all the time.

Carnival Glass Bowl

Repaired Carnival Glass Bowl

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Carnival Glass Repair, Broken Crystal Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Glueing Glass

Cloudy Glass Bottle clean sick glass

Stains inside the bottle needed to be polished out.   The “sick glass ” devalues the antique cut crystal bottle.

Tags: Antique Cut Glass Repair, Bottle Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Perfume Bottle Repair, Sick Glass Repair

Antique Broken Glass Figurine Repair

The glass fruit basket has been broken for years.  Several leaves were broken off and lost .   I needed to recreate some new leaves an attach them .  I used green , yellow and white glass to make the new leaves.

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Figurine Repair, Glass Figurine Repair, Glueing Glass