Uroboros Glass

Uroboros Glass

Company type	Private
Industry	Glassmaking
Founded	1973 (1973)
Founder	Eric Lovell
Defunct	2017 (2017)
Fate	Acquired by Oceanside Glass & Tile in 2017; brand phased out; later sold to Youghiogheny Opalescent Glass, Inc. in 2019
Headquarters	Portland , United States
Products	Art glass, including ring mottle glass and System 96 product series

Uroboros Glass was a producer of art glass located in Portland, Oregon.

History

Established in 1973 by Eric Lovell, the company brought back the ring mottle glass technique that had been initially created by Tiffany Studios prior to its shutdown in 1928.

In 2017, Oceanside Glass & Tile from Carlsbad, California acquired Uroboros' assets. By February 2017, the Portland plant had stopped manufacturing sheet glass due to concerns over cadmium contamination near the premises. Oceanside then transferred production operations to Tijuana, Mexico and phased out the Uroboros brand.

Two years later, in 2019, Oceanside sold Uroboros Glass to Youghiogheny Opalescent Glass, Inc., headquartered in Connelsville, Pennsylvania. Along with the acquisition, Youghiogheny Opalescent Glass took over the licensing and manufacturing of Uroboros' well-known System 96 product series.