Midcentury Couroc Dancing Frogs Wood and Brass Inlay Phenolic Resin Tray, matching vinyl ice bucket and 8 piece glassware set (Glassware will be sold in a set of 4). EACH SOLD INDIVIDUALLY.
About
A midcentury serving barware set by Couroc of Monterey, California, (1848-1998), The Dancing Frogs pattern, circa 1960s.
The Couroc Company, founded in 1948 in Monterey, CA, produced beautiful and often whimsical black resin trays and 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 and developed a proprietary formula of phenolic resin material that was not only durable enough to form into trays but was also impervious to alcohol and flames. Courvoisier's wife, Moira Wallace, acted as Couroc's chief designer and 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 and 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.
Tray:
Made of a black resin called ‘Phenolic’ and hand inlaid with the image of four in green dyed wood with brass accents. Having the original label.
Measures: 12.5 in. L x 9.5 in. W x .75 in. H, I have seen these trays sell for over $200 elsewhere
Light wear.
Ice Bucket:
Black with gold brass and chrome vinyl ice bucket by Couroc. It has the original foil sticker on the bottom.
White plastic lining (perfectly clean), with gold metal handle and lid handle. Shows some wear on handle and knob on lid, and with vintage patina.
It measures 11"H, 7 3/4" W.
Glassware:
Sold in a set of 4, I have two sets. Gold intact, Courac printed on glass base. Measures 3 1/2 in tall x 3 1/4 in wide, hold 8 oz.
Materials: glass, metal, resin, chrome, brass, vinyl.
