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This stunning Hand painted Sevres Vase arrived with damage to three parts.

On the main body section there were two large cracks, open and running across the hand painted part. On the front the crack ran the entire length of the painting beginning at the top of the rim, on the back it ran down roughly half way from the top rim.

The neck section had been previously restored with the whole piece completely re painted with a Blue that did not match the rest of the pieces, under the old repairs the piece had been broken into several sections and sadly the glaze inside had been badly scratched, where the person who repaired it had use a very abrasive method of smoothing down.

The lid section was broken into 4 main pieces. Both the neck and lid also had numerous chips and flakes missing.

On the large Body section, the long hairline crack was carefully cleaned and stabilized with Fynebond epoxy. This was colour filled, again with Fynebond and then hand painted and airbrushed, inside and out with Rustins China Glaze and Dry Powder pigments.
Lastly the damaged gilding was painted back in.

The neck section had to have all the previous glaze removed before any cleaning could begin, this was then dismantled, cleaned and re glued using Fynebond.
As with the main body section once glued the cracks and chips were colour filled and the piece was painted to an invisible repair, again using Rustins China Glaze.

The lid piece was also cleaned and reglued with fynebond and colour filled with Fynebond tinted with dry pigments to match.

Above: The neck section with the old glazes being chemically removed.

Below: The neck section prior to dismantling

Please note, the white spots are the camera flash