Sterling silver candelabra - broken arm

[KCaz]

Hi! I have an old sterling silver candelabra and one of the arms has broken off. I live in Arizona. Any suggestions on where I would go to get this fixed? 
 

appreciate any help

[JHCC]

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Your best bet is probably a silversmith, especially one who does antique restorations.

[ThomasPowers]

Any members of the Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Smiths in London, UK should be able to handle that; but I would look under jewelry repair in you local yellow pages first.

[Apacheforge]

When i was a very young adult i opened my first retail jewelry store/ manufactory. Selling my own custom design work and carrying some other artists hand made silver jewelry. I also had a job shop in the back with a couple of benchworkers cranking out silver jewelry that i was wholesaling. Eventually i began taking in repair work. This shop was located in a very well off to wealthy area, so it was common to have silverware heirlooms brought to me. It was common to get a phone call and be asked as you have done...” its broken, can you fix it?” I needed more information than a phone conversation could provide, i needed to see it. How it was made originally has to be determined and if it is fabricated or cast, or if it is filled or hollow or solid. Also old silver candelabra were often filled with a paste very high in arsenic....

in those days i turned quite a few of these jobs down, however with these new laser welding machines in the jewelry trades, i think such delicate repairs are possible. So find a shop that has a laser welder and you might be successful.