Restoration of Old Paris Spill Vase With Parian Figures

In my studio today I have this of Old Paris Spill Vase with Parian (unglazed bisque) figurines of a men and woman  with hand painted landscape scene.

(circa

1850's.)

Dresden Vase restoration ~ sculpting missing handle ~

  Beautiful Pair of German Dresden Vases arrived in my studio without one  handle.

After new handle was sculpted and painted it's time for GOLD LEAF.

The gold comes in a  variety of karats which is a means of describing its purity, just as in jewelry making. The finest gold is 24 karat. Other metals are added to gold to impart subtle  color to the gold. Copper is added to create a reddish cast, silver to create white gold and the look of silver.  Gold leaf is available from 12-24 karats.

FRENCH and ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION

I had the pleasure of doing repair / restoration work on  :

Antique French hand painted and gilded BUREAU DE DAME depicting Napoleon and Josephine courting scene

and this Amazing Pietra Dura Marble Inlay Antique Table.

Antique Frame Repair : Cleaning, Repairing, Fabrication of missing pieces, Gilding

Re-creating the details on the frame is only half of the  process, great  attention is put into matching the finish on each frame ensuring the new finish blends with the old.

Gilding with pure gold leaf is a decorative process that consists in covering an object with a very fine layer of gold. Egyptian were the first to use gold for decoring and  to practice the millwork, two thousands years ago.

Collectible plate repair, restoration

Collectible plate  broken into many pieces.

I repaired and hand painted the plate with meticulous attention to  details.

Chintz china repair, Flow Blue China repair

      Below are some examples of repairs of Chintz china  dish and Flow Blue cup.

Restoration is more than using an adhesive material to put a pieces together, it is the art of making it look as though it were never damaged.

 CHINTZ JULIA pattern  by Royal Winton.

Flow blue was a type of transfer pottery produced by Staffordshire, England, potters beginning in about 1820. Flow blue was similar to traditional blue-and-white pottery, except that the blue color was deliberately blurred, an effect achieved by adding a cup of lime or ammonia to the kiln during glazing.

My first newspaper add
( published in 1998).

Meissen candlestick repair / restoration

Meissen porcelain restoration requires the skills and knowledge of the craft that have gone in creating and designing the original figurine. First the base color, which is almost always white, has to be matched and recreated. Then the pattern/design has to be matched and replicated, Meissen pieces are very elaborate and require great patience and attention to detail on the part of the restoration expert. Meissen porcelain is very strong and unlike many soft-paste porcelains, can withstand cleaning, gluing and bonding. However, because of the complexity of its design and pattern, it is recommended that only professional restorers with experience and knowledge of porcelain restoration should attempt to repair Meissen porcelain.

Even if your item is in hundreds of pieces I can restore  it to the original condition.

Only  jigsaw puzzle enthusiast or professional art restorer can put all the pieces together.

 before

after     

Broken China Plate Repair restoration

 

You may think that there would be a point where you cannot repair your piece due to it being broken into many pieces, or perhaps another professional has told you that there is no hope for your piece. Good news for you - I can repair and restore all forms of china and porcelain, as well as ceramics and pottery.