Restoration aims to improve a damaged object aesthetically by re-building and modelling replacement parts for missing areas and disguising break lines and filling materials with paints and ‘false’ restoration glazes to match original surfaces and decoration.

High quality professional china repair and restoration, using materials compatible with the object can achieve an ‘invisible’ result. This procedure should be carried out sympathetically, with care not to over-paint large areas of original decoration. Ethical considerations dictate that restoration products should be reversible without further damaging the object. Therefore restoration glazes are not fired in a kiln and are suitable for decorative items for display purposes only.

C18th Ralph Wood Toby jug

  • Glaze previously abraded and missing from large areas of surface.
  • Damaged areas re-painted with porcelain restoration glaze tinted with dry ground pigments.
  • Chipped and filled areas of hat rim abraded and restored to match original surrounding areas.

C18th Provincial Chinese blue & white Porcelain Jar
​Qianlong Circa 1736-95

  • Rivets removed.
  • Broken pieces cleaned and re-bonded with epoxy resin.
  • Mould taken from existing handles to cast two replacement handles.
  • Handles cast in plaster of paris, adjusted to fit and bonded to pot.
  • Missing area of rim filled with polyester resin and abraded to fit.
  • New handles and filled areas restored with porcelain restoration glaze and dry ground pigments to match original decoration.

C19th Meissen Figure

  • Broken and chipped leaves in headdress.
  • Missing areas of garland.
  • New pieces modelled in epoxy putty.
  • New areas coloured to match with dry ground pigments and porcelain restoration glaze.

Chelsea Botanical Dessert plate, red anchor period 1754

  • Broken pieces riveted.
  • Small losses to rim and chipping along break lines.
  • Rivets removed, shards cleaned and re-bonded with epoxy resin.
  • Small losses filled and shaped with epoxy resin bulked with fumed silica and dry ground pigments.
  • Re-bonded break lines restored and decoration re-touched with porcelain restoration glaze and dry ground pigments.