Can this be fixed?

[ArtVandelay]

A friend of mine has just accidentally damaged her great grandmother's broach that was given to her as an 18th birthday present.


Is this repairable? She's a student and lives alone, and as such doesn't have money to throw around so I'm hoping a repair can be made without too much expense. She lives in the Peterborough area.

[TheEnd]

does she have the missing bit?

[ArtVandelay]

TheEnd said:

does she have the missing bit?

There's lots of smaller pieces, she managed to get most of them though.

[becksW]

Most things are fixable but for a good job she probably ought to seek the advice of a specialist.

She should get some quotes from independant jewellers and those who deal with antiques.

[ArtVandelay]

becksW said:

Most things are fixable but for a good job she probably ought to seek the advice of a specialist.

She should get some quotes from independent jewellers and those who deal with antiques.

Exactly what I was thinking but I've had a bad experience with one in the past so was hoping for some recommendations. My Grandfather had an old Omega watch fixed and they somehow managed to bend the face inside when repairing it. In hindsight he should have perhaps tried contacting Omega directly but the jewellers in question were useless in terms of workmanship and communication.

[Olf]

To be honest, she might be better spending her time applying a bit of moisturiser.

[GTIR]

Olf said:

To be honest, she might be better spending her time applying a bit of moisturiser.

The grand mother or ops sister and when did the op mention she had dry skin?


Eh!

[skene]

GTIR said:

Olf said:

To be honest, she might be better spending her time applying a bit of moisturiser.

The grand mother or ops sister and when did the op mention she had dry skin?


Eh!

I got it

[Nolar Dog]

Olf said:

To be honest, she might be better spending her time applying a bit of moisturiser.

[ArtVandelay]

Nolar Dog said:

Olf said:

To be honest, she might be better spending her time applying a bit of moisturiser.

I don't get it

[Olf]

ArtVandelay said:

Nolar Dog said:

Olf said:

To be honest, she might be better spending her time applying a bit of moisturiser.

I don't get it

Just saying her skin looks a bit - you know - leathery.

[grumbledoak]

ArtVandelay said:

doesn't have money to throw around

I suspect this will be a stumbling block. We didn't really have the capability to make things 'cheap' back then, but time and effort were. Totally the other way 'round now.

[ArtVandelay]

grumbledoak said:

ArtVandelay said:

doesn't have money to throw around

I suspect this will be a stumbling block. We didn't really have the capability to make things 'cheap' back then, but time and effort were. Totally the other way 'round now.

She says she'll save up if she needs to, as long as it gets repaired.

R.E the joke, I thought that's what it was, but it seemed too obvious.

I've passed on the advice and she's going to have a look round town and ask around.

Thanks for the replies people

[Mobile Chicane]

It is repairable - question being the cost if this is to be undetectable.

What the repairer should do is remove the stone from the mount, stick all the pieces back together, shave a bit of the stone out of the back, pulverise that and cement it over to fill in any missing pieces and to conceal the 'join'.

Friends have an agate carving which had a tiny bit knocked off. I think the cost of repairing it was a few hundred quid, sorry to say.

[ArtVandelay]

Mobile Chicane said:

It is repairable - question being the cost if this is to be undetectable.

What the repairer should do is remove the stone from the mount, stick all the pieces back together, shave a bit of the stone out of the back, pulverise that and cement it over to fill in any missing pieces and to conceal the 'join'.

Friends have an agate carving which had a tiny bit knocked off. I think the cost of repairing it was a few hundred quid, sorry to say.

Looks like she will have to save up although I'll help out where I can, cheers MC.