GALLERY OF OBJECTS

LLADRO – Hamlin’s is an approved restorer of fine Lladro porcelains. We keep a large inventory of Lladro flowers and replacement parts and if necessary can hand-sculpt missing areas. Made in Spain since the early 1950s Lladro is among the leaders in contemporary porcelain art.

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Lladro eagle, broken in 3 major pieces with multiple chips and missing areas

HUMMEL (insert logo and link) – Since 1935, Hummel figurines have been cherished collectibles. Hamlin’s is referred by the M.I. Hummel club and is well-known for our ability to perfectly match the Hummel colors and hand-painting. No matter how badly damaged your Hummel may be, Hamlin’s can bring it back to its original charm.

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Hummel lamp broken in approximately 18 pieces with multiple chips and areas missing.

CAPODIMONTE (logo but no live link) – One of the earliest potters from Italy, originally established in 1720. Many talented artisans created works for Capodimonte, among them Cappe, Cazzola, Ginori, and Tay. Hamlin’s was selected by the Capodimonte Society in 1999 to be their official restoration site in the United States.

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Capodimonte statue broken in approximately 14 pieces with multiple chips and areas missing.

JADE – Hamlin’s has perfected a technique for restoring jade that is almost imperceptible. We can match colors ranging from the lightest green to the darkest chicken blood jade and recreate transparent sections missing from the original.

Restoring large jade temple piece.	Large jade temple Foo dog and dark jade figure of Buddhist saint.

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Light green jade statue of Chinese Red Guard. Broken in multiple pieces with several areas missing

MEISSEN, SEVRES, LIMOGES are three of the finest names in porcelain art. Discriminating collectors and dealers from all over the world have sent their damaged treasures to Hamlin’s Restoration. The recreation of delicate flowers missing from Meissen, Dresden, Sitzendorf, Schierholz, and other well-known German & Continental porcelain items is one of our specialties. We will hand-build and paint to exacting standards using archives and original Meissen catalogs for reference.

Restoring a Meissen clock	Meissen figure with fingers missing

Meissen figure with newly created fingers

Meissen figural with arm and approximately 100 leaves missing from tree	Meissen in preliminary stage of restoration

Hand painting the newly sculpted arm	Some of the more than 100 handmade leaves

Completed restoration on Meissen object

Fire and smoke damaged Dresden candlelabra. Portions missing		Cleaned and completely restored Dresden candlelabara

CHINESE EXPORT, IMARI, SATSUMA and other Oriental porcelain and pottery objects. The Chinese and Japanese were the first to produce fine high-quality porcelain and closely guarded their secret formulas for centuries. Even today, the clarity and beauty of oriental porcelain is unmistakable and highly-desired.

Repairing an early Chinese porcelain vase

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Large Imari charger – broken in numerous pieces with a very large area missing.
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POTTERY – American Art Pottery such as Rookwood, Roseville, Weller, Newcomb College, Teco, and Fulper are just a few of the many types of pottery routinely restored in the studio.

Teco Vase

Weller planter broken in multiple pieces.

GLASS AND CRYSTAL – Hamlin’s Restoration does not use grinding techniques and therefore does not remove chips from the rims of standard stemware. However, if the item is broken or has a missing segment, we can repair it. Murano and other decorative glassware and crystal can be repaired and missing areas filled and hand-polished. Keep in mind that most crystal cannot be invisibly restored due to the transparency of the material. However, we have had the pleasure of restoring a gallery-owned piece of Chihuly artglass with totally invisible results.

Crystal and silver decanter. Broken in approximately 40 pieces. Reassembled and missing areas filled. Because crystal is transparent, totally invisible repairs are not possible.

First century glass vessel excavated in First century glass vessel Italy. Side broken out. After repair