The Couroc Company Serving Pieces

Set of Four Hopi Hummingbird Kachina Hand Inlaid Black Snack Trays by Couroc of Monterey, circa 1960s. A captivating set of four Hopi Hummingbird Kachina hand-inlaid black snack tray...

A large vintage rectangular resin tray made by Couroc of Monterey, California. Decorated in the center with a quail and California poppies that are outlined by inlaid brass.

Whimsical mid century serving tray by Couroc of Monterey, made from phenolic resin and inlaid with wood and colorful crystals depicting a stylish cat with a crown. Phenolic resin is ...

Wonderful vintage mid-century modern 6 gold embossed owl Tom Collins Culver glasses (2 with signatures) & a black resin Couroc tray with wood owl, brass, ...

Couroc resin tray with sailing ships and compass, The 1970s The black resin rectangular tray is decorated with two sailing yachts with crystal st...

I can almost smell the iris on these trays they look so life-like! This pair of beauties are from Couroc of Monterey. One tray is rectangular, and one is somewhat of an oval. Both with matching inlays of iris. They are made of a special black phenolic resin developed by Guthrie Courvoisier and his wife, Moira Wallace. It is impervious to alcohol, alkalis, acids, boiling water, and cigarette burns. Making them perfect for cocktail trays. This pair will look fabulous displayed in your bar area, kitchen, dining room. Or maybe just use it to have breakfast in bed. Couroc of Monterey was founded by Guthrie Courvoisier in 1948 in…, of course, Monterey, California. They produced resin trays and other serving pieces. Their primary material used was a proprietary formula of phenolic resin Guthrie developed with the help of his wife, Moira Wallace, and named Couroc. Which is an amalgamation of Courvoisier and rock. Implying that Couroc is hard as rock. Moira, as an artist, oversaw design. She gathered together a group of like artists to help her creations come to life. They operated in a somewhat commune situation in the early years using “found” items such as paperclips and springs along with shells and other items they beachcombed to make the amazing inlays. Their resin went through experimentation and changes before the end result which is alcohol proof and impervious to alkalis, acids, boiling water and even cigarette burns. Their products were sold in up-scale retail businesses and remained popular through the 1970s. In the 1980s they began to struggle and were out of business in 1998 after 50 years. Guthrie Courvoisier, founder of Couroc of Monterey, was born in 1903. He inherited Courvoisier Galleries in San Francisco from his father. Although the gallery was founded in 1905 it didn’t gain recognition until Guthrie made it “The First Name in Disney Art” by being the exclusive gallery for Disney’s animation cels...

Large couroc tray with tennis-subject, Love, set and match, circa 1960s. A fabulous large tray in black with a tennis theme. The center with the word love in wood veneer and var...

This inlaid black bakelite tray features a stylized ship and flag motif in nautical colors.