Did you ever discover a chip on one of your expensive goblets? Or chip a serving dish that you are especially fond of? Or break a vase off at the foot? These folks really do work miracles repairing damaged glassware. When goblets were manufactured at the factory, the workers had to cut off the extra glass at the top and then polish the rims to make them smooth. These repairmen do essentially the same thing.
Since we live in the wild, wild west, the professional glass repair people we are personally familiar with are located in the west. There are fine glass repair professionals in the center and eastern portions of the USA, but we have not had personal dealings with any of them. We can proudly recommend the two businesses listed below.
One more thing -- while these folks do a fantastic job of restoring a piece, when we have an item repaired, we always mark the price tag with an "R" to indicate that the item was repaired. We are proud to have saved a piece of glass from the trash can, but believe that our customers need to know that the piece was repaired. In nearly all cases, you cannot tell by examining the piece.
This is one of the two services that we use for our own glassware. They are friendly, reliable and they do a terrific job. Their own collection consists of cut glass, so you can trust them with expensive Irish crystal as well as depression era glassware. They also do some repair work on pottery and china. They set up at glass shows and mall shows, mostly in Northern Nevada, California and Southern Oregon.
Montano's Glass Repair operated for many years in Southern California, and then moved to Idaho (to get out of the chaos). Wayne Montano does excellent work on all types of glass, including art glass. He does shows in Washington and California, and has several pickup locations as well.