Couroc Bar Tray Fish Town Wood Inlay Vintage

Approximate size 18 x 12 1/2 x 3/4. Beautiful wood inlay & gold color (not sure what was used for the gold) on a black phenolic resin. Impervious to alcohol & boiling water. Back is scratched, surface has some slight markings, raised feet. Handmade in Monterey CA The Couroc Company, founded in 1948 in Monterey, CA, produced beautiful & often whimsical black resin trays & glassware made by skilled artisans. Couroc’s founder, Guthrie Courvoisier, worked with a variety of plastics while working in the war effort during WWII. He used his experience & developed a proprietary formula of phenolic resin material that was not only durable enough to form into trays but was also impervious to alcohol & flames. Courvoisier’s wife, Moira Wallace, acted as Couroc’s chief designer & led an art commune of skilled artisans in arranging an array of local items into Couroc’s resin pieces. Couroc’s products were very popular & sold in high-end department stores. Alongside its whimsical designs, the company’s saying for its trays stated that Any tray can serve a drink. Only Couroc can start a conversation. The company closed in the early 1990s. Couroc Bar Tray Fish Town Wood Inlay Vintage