Repair & Restoration

Repairs & Restoration

Please feel free to contact me if you have any broken precious items. It doesn't have to be silver!
I repair toys, ornaments, you name it I may have repaired it. Give me a try. I often can repair items that people have been told are irreparable . I will give you a free appraisal and estimate.
Bear with me however, as I tend to be incredibly busy.
Please note that I cannot accept callers to my workshop. Please do not be offended by this as I am often unavailable.
I can accept all items by courier or Royal Mail Special Delivery.
For security and piece of mind, I will always return items using Special Delivery, unless you ask otherwise.

I have restored FIA Formula 1 drivers and constructors trophies. I have also repaired many other sporting trophies including Olympic, European and Commonwealth medals. (Many of these medals have become damaged by over handling.)
Other notable items repaired, Nobel prize (23.5ct gold), Platinum discs from Paul McCartney and Wings, London and Sydney Olympic torches, FA Cup winners (youth) trophy, Mille Miglia trophies.
I am just as happy fixing the family's teapot.

Below are images of a small selection of repairs and restorations.

*I may use images 'before and/or after" on my website or for promotion unless you express that you wish me not to do this.

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Some Repairs...

This highly sentimental napkin ring was enthusiastically chewed by a new puppy. The silver was quite thin, making the chewing enjoyable and the damage extensive.

Once repaired iand polished, it was nearly back to it's old self

Another silver item, this time a sliver music box/jar. The music box mechanism was sent away to be restored while I set to work on the silver.

Once polished and back together it looked amazing.

Often candlesticks are made from very thin silver and filled with pitch or plaster to give them strength and weight, when this fails the silver is very vulnerable.

In this case a strengthening silver collar was made and soldered on. The candlestick was refilled with pitch giving it a robustness thats should go on for many fore years.

This gold Nobel medal arrived with dents and chunks missing around the edge. I straightened the 'coin' then filled the nicks with 24ct gold.

Once polished and back together it looked amazing.

This model of a Thames sailing barge in sterling silver was frail and the rigging was pretty much destroyed. Silversmithing and model-making skills helped me to restore it to its proper original condition.

A good polish and reassembly.

One of several Olympic medals that I have restored. They tend to be over handled by enthusiastic fans and eventually wear a little. With some care they can be restored.

Re gold-plated Rio 2016 gold medal.

Some Repairs

The Company of Pikemen & Musketeers, ceremonial unit of the Honourable Artillery Company asked me to repair the finial of the Sovreigns' Colour. The method of assembly had come loose, unfortunately it was a 'sealed unit'. After careful disassembly the issues were corrected.

New articulated copper appendages were made for this Meiji crayfish. These were riveted on retaining its ability to articulate.

Mille Miglia Trophies won by Sterling Moss and Denis Jenkinson in 1953. The silver trophies were bent, dented, scratched and had missing plaques. When I had completed them, they were fit for a museum.

The RAF at Northolt commissioned me to make a new propellor, canopy aerial and part of tail for this nearly 85 year old sterling silver Hurricane. A good polish and it was ready to go back into their cabinet.

Brenton West

Silversmith

Repairs & Restoration

Some Repairs...

This highly sentimental napkin ring was enthusiastically chewed by a new puppy. The silver was quite thin, making the chewing enjoyable and the damage extensive.

Once repaired iand polished, it was nearly back to it's old self

Another silver item, this time a sliver music box/jar. The music box mechanism was sent away to be restored while I set to work on the silver.

Once polished and back together it looked amazing.

Often candlesticks are made from very thin silver and filled with pitch or plaster to give them strength and weight, when this fails the silver is very vulnerable.

In this case a strengthening silver collar was made and soldered on. The candlestick was refilled with pitch giving it a robustness thats should go on for many fore years.

This gold Nobel medal arrived with dents and chunks missing around the edge. I straightened the 'coin' then filled the nicks with 24ct gold.

Once polished and back together it looked amazing.

This model of a Thames sailing barge in sterling silver was frail and the rigging was pretty much destroyed. Silversmithing and model-making skills helped me to restore it to its proper original condition.

A good polish and reassembly.

One of several Olympic medals that I have restored. They tend to be over handled by enthusiastic fans and eventually wear a little. With some care they can be restored.

Re gold-plated Rio 2016 gold medal.

Some Repairs

The Company of Pikemen & Musketeers, ceremonial unit of the Honourable Artillery Company asked me to repair the finial of the Sovreigns' Colour. The method of assembly had come loose, unfortunately it was a 'sealed unit'. After careful disassembly the issues were corrected.

New articulated copper appendages were made for this Meiji crayfish. These were riveted on retaining its ability to articulate.

Mille Miglia Trophies won by Sterling Moss and Denis Jenkinson in 1953. The silver trophies were bent, dented, scratched and had missing plaques. When I had completed them, they were fit for a museum.

The RAF at Northolt commissioned me to make a new propellor, canopy aerial and part of tail for this nearly 85 year old sterling silver Hurricane. A good polish and it was ready to go back into their cabinet.

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Brenton West Silversmith

Repairs & Restoration

Some Repairs...

This highly sentimental napkin ring was enthusiastically chewed by a new puppy. The silver was quite thin, making the chewing enjoyable and the damage extensive.

Once repaired iand polished, it was nearly back to it's old self

Another silver item, this time a sliver music box/jar. The music box mechanism was sent away to be restored while I set to work on the silver.

Once polished and back together it looked amazing.

Often candlesticks are made from very thin silver and filled with pitch or plaster to give them strength and weight, when this fails the silver is very vulnerable.

In this case a strengthening silver collar was made and soldered on. The candlestick was refilled with pitch giving it a robustness thats should go on for many fore years.

This gold Nobel medal arrived with dents and chunks missing around the edge. I straightened the 'coin' then filled the nicks with 24ct gold.

Once polished and back together it looked amazing.

This model of a Thames sailing barge in sterling silver was frail and the rigging was pretty much destroyed. Silversmithing and model-making skills helped me to restore it to its proper original condition.

A good polish and reassembly.

One of several Olympic medals that I have restored. They tend to be over handled by enthusiastic fans and eventually wear a little. With some care they can be restored.

Re gold-plated Rio 2016 gold medal.

Some Repairs

The Company of Pikemen & Musketeers, ceremonial unit of the Honourable Artillery Company asked me to repair the finial of the Sovreigns' Colour. The method of assembly had come loose, unfortunately it was a 'sealed unit'. After careful disassembly the issues were corrected.

New articulated copper appendages were made for this Meiji crayfish. These were riveted on retaining its ability to articulate.

Mille Miglia Trophies won by Sterling Moss and Denis Jenkinson in 1953. The silver trophies were bent, dented, scratched and had missing plaques. When I had completed them, they were fit for a museum.

The RAF at Northolt commissioned me to make a new propellor, canopy aerial and part of tail for this nearly 85 year old sterling silver Hurricane. A good polish and it was ready to go back into their cabinet.

For the very latest images and news please click my social media channels below

Brenton West

Silversmith