Antique Metals

Brass Bed Restoration

Bill — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:49:42 +0000

Brass Bed after restoration

This brass bed was very tarnished in places with a couple of finials missing and the iron frame was 2 colours. All the brass was striped from the frame it was polished and lacquered, the iron frame was painted black and new finials made.

Restoration of a painted cast iron hanging oil lamp.

Bill — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:07:42 +0000

This painted cast iron hanging oil lamp came in with the 3 support brackets around the oil bowl broken, they where brazed back together and the paint blended to match. We then made a lamp fitting and wired.

Copper lantern restoration

Bill — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:14:30 +0000

This week as seen me finish this copper lantern that came in covered in old paint and with some frosted glass fitted. The old finish was removed, a new lamp holder was made and wired, it was re-glazed with clear glass.

Wrought iron chandelier restoration

Bill — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:00:21 +0000

This is 9 wrought iron chandeliers,I had to do some repairs before they where repainted and re-wired.

Garden Bench

Bill — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:56:01 +0000

This garden bench came in for a bit of tlc, it was shot blasted to remove the old finish and sprayed dark green

Weekly workshop blog

Bill — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:42:38 +0000

This is the first of many weekly blogs of what is happening in the workshop, its to give a little insight of the repairs and restoration which are being undertaken in the workshop.

wrought iron chandelier

This week as seen the start of restoring and the re-wiring of 9 wrought iron chandeliers.

A week at Antique Metals

Bill — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:28:00 +0000

The last couple of weeks have seen me doing the same thing, which is making a set of copper lanterns.

We have had a pair of candelabras with the arms broken, they where repaired by silver soldering, then the repaired areas cleaned and lacquered to match original.

Some old locks where repaired and a key made.

Some hand made brass screws where made for an old wood and brass telescope.

A week at Antique Metals

Bill — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:19:00 +0000

Last week saw the restoration of copper Victorian lantern, one of the sides had come detached and was bent, while the base of the lantern was a mangled mess. All the sides where removed and the steel rods running through the copper were un-soldered and replaced has they were very rusty and broken. The whole lot was soldered back together, new tags to retain glass and a handle for the door was also made.

We had a small candelabra in which had a broken drip pan which was repaired.

A pair of lighting interiors where made for 2 copper lanterns.

Weekly insight

Bill — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:49:00 +0000

This week as been a bit slow, the restoration of a large bronze chandelier has come to an end. A set of 8 back plates were made for an antique chest, a key was made for an old lock a long with 2 escutcheons. We had delivery of a Victorian copper lantern which has seen better days but with restoration will look lovely again.