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Living on the Edge (continued)
For Antiqe Trader
Susan Eberman
 

“For more than 25 years we have been providing a service repairing antique and collectible glass,” Jan said. “Our specialty is the re-cutting and restoration of American brilliant-cut glass using stone wheels, copper wheels and modern diamond-wheel cutting. Our cutting shop has about 350 stone wheels and diamond cutting wheels. We also repair Galle, Lalique, Verlys and many other types of art glass. We can duplicate the finish on these types of items.

“We also mend glass and crystal using permanent crystal-clear adhesives. If the piece has a clean crack with no chips along the edges, the adhesive we use can hide up to 90 percent of the break. We can replace daubers on the ends of perfume stoppers and Wayne can even make an antenna for a Steuben snail.

“About 60 percent of the pieces we repair are goblets. Most of the work is taking nicks out of the rims. That’s accomplished by grinding down the entire rim, and then re-beveling the edge.”

Now empty nesters, the couple moved to Emmett in 2005 to be closer to family. Many customers now ship their items needing repair.



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