Topic: getting bruises removed?

[boxed]

Hi guys
I just recently started to archieve my collection and i have one or two with bruises and wondered if their is a works or glass factory that offer this service and is it expensive?
Thanks
Boxed
(Joe)

[Tony G]

Hi Joe,
            I can recommend Richard Lamming of Redhouse Glass Crafts at the Ruskin Glass centre in Stourbridge.

Best phone him first on..............01384 399460

Regards,

Tony

[orangeglass]

Hi,
He charges around £30 - £35 plus delivery charges for removing bruises and a re-polish, this is the email address:
redhouseglass at hotmail co uk - you will need to remove the gaps, change the at and put the dots in!

[tropdevin]

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It is perhaps worth adding that lead glass paperweights are somewhat easier to restore than soda glass or more modern pieces, as the glass is softer, and a given sized bruise does not penetrate as deeply.  That said, you can still expect to lose up to twice the diameter of the bruise from the diameter of the weight ( ie removing a 5 mm diameter bruise is likely to take 10 mm off the diameter, or 5 mm off the height).  Also, paperweight occasionally crack disastrously during restoration - beware of having a 1930s Paul Ysart repolished!

Alan

[boxed]

Thanks roberta
i will  give them a email with some images  and see what they say 
they all have one bruise so it be good to have them removed
Best wishes
boxed
(Joe)

[boxed]

Hi alan
They are three perthshire millefiori weights
and two vasart ones not sure on the glass type ive always presumed
that they are lead glass but not with any confidence
thanks for the info
joe

[tropdevin]

Hi Joe

Vasart and Perthshire are not lead glass in the sense of full lead crystal like antique French or Old English, I'm afraid. They are quite a hard glass.

Alan

[boxed]

 Hi alan
thanks for letting me know as i had no idea
will proceed with caution and fingers crossed
cheers
joe

[pooleandpaperweights]

There is also /www.fwaldridgeglass.co.uk but can be expensive, but do a very very good job.

The worst example of restoration I've seen was at Ally Pally fair the other day.  It was a Perthshire PP1 and had half the base removed on one side to obviously get rid of a bruise, which had made it lop sided even though it had been polished so it was the right shape!  Stallholder had no idea until I pointed it out.....

[chriscooper]

Basil is excellent.

BASIL LOVERIDGE GLASS RESTORATION
01280706490
1 Avonbury Court
County Road
Brackley
NN13 7AX