Look What I Saw at the Green Center - Old Stuff Edition
Good morning,
The Green Center had some interesting items that appeared this weekend. This is a look at some of the older items that arrived.
Couroc Tray
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| Formed by Guthrie Courvoisier, owner of Courvoisier Galleries in San Francisco the Couroc Company (1948-1990s) was a Monterey California company that produced many different types and shapes of trays, boxes, ashtrays and glassware from 1948 until their closure.. Courvoisier developed a secret formula for phenolic resin which was molded into these item. Designs were created with metals such as this owl which could be embedded into the material. |
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| Couroc of California pieces were the wedding and shower present of choice from 1950’s to the 1980’s. |
1864
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| We get old books on a regular basis but this won the prize from 1864, wonder if anything has changed in the Congress since then |
Antique Plate
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| Antique Plate |
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Curious why this plate is marked Antique Ivory, was it an antique when it was first fired? One of the many mysteries of the Green CenterCollection Letter |
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| Inside the 1864 book I found a letter from the publisher of The Gospel Banner. The Gospel Banner was a family paper "devoted to universalism, moral reform, literature, education, agriculture and news". He was writing a subscriber asking for payment explaining that he has just purchased new type. Not exactly a form letter. The good news is that he was paid as indicated in this receipt . |
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| The Staples family finall paid their bill. The Gospel Banner was in operation from 1842 - 1897. Notice the nice typeset |
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