Beautiful Homes of Charleston South Carolina

Stapled Glass???

We want to show the process and an example of using steel staples in glass. The small dish is American Brilliant Cut Glass dating about c.1900. The first photo shows the broken dish. Second photo: taped and marked where the drilling will take place. At this point the dish is already mended using an acid to fuse the glass. Third photo: show the first staple in place and the arrows show where the next staple will go. Fourth photo shows the repaired piece with 4 steel staples. This method has been used for hundreds of years. It helped hold the item together along with the use of mucilage (animal and vegetable glues). Once in awhile we see an item for repair that was mended with staples. The item has come apart and the customer wants it put back together just like it was repaired originally. The drilling of the holes was done using a diamond core drill. The early method, before diamond tools were available, the repairer would use a steel carborundum rod.

1800 pieces of glass!

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Cameo And Acid Cutback Decoration

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Decanters! Decanters! Decanters!

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Happy Birthday America!