This is one of the most difficult restoration jobs which we have accepted for many years. Follow its progress over the next few weeks to observe its...
Difficult restoration jobs
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Restoration
The articles below are intended to give a feel for the services and products sold by Gadsby’s. If you have a requirement which isn’t represented below it doesn’t mean we can’t help. Please call us and ask.
Repairing a jug
Cricket Themed Jug Repair It may not be the Ashes Urn but for its owner this cricket themed Jug was valuable and worth repairing. Note: It is worth...
Damaged picture frame
Part of the feeling... Often we are asked to repair a frame rather than restore or repair a picture. It just shows that the frame is an integral...
Bust bust
Broken ornament This ornament came in looking a little 'worse for wear'. When she left she was looking very good again.
Damaged Bust
Repairing / restoring a ‘bronze’ bust' This bust of a ladies head was brought in to the Market Place shop with a damaged ear and was not able to be...
Cleaning an Oil Painting
Cleaning a Dutch Oil Painting This photograph features a hundred year old Dutch oil painting which has been half cleaned to highlight the difference...
Fun to work with
Sometimes restoration work...needs a variety of skills Radha Krishna Picture See if you can spot all the damaged areas on the 'before' image...
Plaque restored and re-hung
Joseph Bosworth plaque - restored and re-hung Three months after removing this huge plaque from Saint Ediths church in Monks Kirby, the day had...
Repaired Aynsley Mastercraft – two Kingfishers fighting for a fish
Aynsley Mastercraft Ornament after repair - Two Kingfishers fighting for a fish Now they can 'live to fight another day This repair went...
Getting the restored church plaque ready for re-hanging
Church plaque nearly ready to hang again Nearly there with the restoration of the Church Plaque. Next week we will be re-hanging the plaque at St...
Broken Aynsley Mastercraft – two Kingfishers fighting for a fish
Aynsley Mastercraft Ornament repair Not all repairs and restorations are for expensive items Sometimes you might have an ornament which you treasure...
Restoration taking shape
As the work on the church panels proceeds ...things are beginning to take shape Several weeks into this project and you should be able to see from...
Getting it off the wall
Taking the plaque off the wall ...3 men and a scaffold! This difficult restoration commission presented its first major challenge when we tried to...
Joseph Bosworth Plaque Restoration
Restoring a Church Plaque A year ago we received a telephone call about a large plaque which was hanging in St Edith's Church in Monks Kirby. During...
Oil painting cleaning
Cleaning Oil Paintings ...a job requiring knowledge, skill and a caring attention to detail Some of the paintings which Gadsbys, Leicester are asked...
200 years of grime
Brown Varnish made the picture ‘invisible’ Of course it isn't just grime - the varnish itself had discoloured too on this 200 year old painting....
Damaged, Dirty Picture Restoration
Damaged, Dirty Painting Restoration This oil on canvas painting came into Gadsby's with three holes in the canvas and a layer of dirt over...
Picture Restoration
When we look at the restoration of a picture there are many considerations to take into account before decisions are made. Material / Canvas We need...
Siren with a broken leg
Breaking a leg can happen to anyone and anything. But when it is a china ornament the process of repair is a little more complicated than putting a...
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