This is possibly the most dramatic repair I have had to make. This scent bottle is about 4cm high and is worn as a pendant often and with much fingering. Over time both the top plate and bottom plate solder joints started to fail.
This picture shows the flask after I have replaced the bottom and top plates, but before the final clean.
It should be good for many years forward now. It seemed a bit drastic ripping the top and bottom off, but it’s the only way to get a lasting repair.