For many years, we used hand cut Copper
foil covered with a thin layer of Bees wax on
the backside to frame our glass pieces
for soldering.
 

Here is a photo taken from an exhibition at the
Queen Museum in NY , which shows one of
the old tools used by Tiffany Studios.

Today we use a modern cutting machine,
the result is the same.

These photos show that  the glass fits perfectly
on the new lamp mold.
 
 
 
 

The lamp is ready for soldering here.

After some hours of soldering the lamp
shade is rebuilt on the new mold.
 
 
 
 

After  completing the soldering
of the lower rim area
 

and soldering the seams from inside
 
 

the original Tiffany Studios tags
 

are replaced into their former position.
 
 

The lamp shade is completed now and
ready for electrogalvanic gold plating.

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