Corocraft Jewelry History
The company was in business from 1944 to 1979.
Corocraft jewelry history. Corocraft jewelcraft vendome. Since april 1940 1 trifari vendome operated as a subsidiary of coro vendome was a high quality line that succeeded corocraft. The jewelry lines and marks. The firm of cohn and rosenberger was established in 1901 by emanuel cohn and carl rosenberger later incorporated in 1943 they shortened the name to coro inc combining the first two letters of the two rounders last names.
The jelly belly pieces are some of the most collectible jewelry. Coro jewelry cohn rosenberger was founded in new york by emanuel cohn and carl rosenberger in 1901 1902 and incorporated in 1913. Emanuel cohn a new york business man founded the coro empire in around 1902 and called it e cohn company. The coro company went out of business in 1979.
The heyday for coro production lasted through the mid 1950s. This is a popular coro design patented in 1948. Coro corocraft jewelry information history collectics customer appreciation sale coupon. Corocraft donkey cart brooch pin.
145 ruby lane 2 10 jay b. Coro a partnership between emanuel cohn the co and gerald rosenberg the ro began producing jewelry in new york in 1901 and continued through the 1970s under the marks coro coro craft later corocraft and vendome among others. Juliana jewelry is not signed but can sometimes be found with its original hangtag. By 1952 coro maintained showrooms in all the top u s.
512 99 ebay 10 07 pamela wiggins. In spite of war and hardships the success of coro marched on. Although vendome was the company s high end line some of the most sought after pieces today are the coro pieces especially the duettes the company produced in the 1930s and 1940s. 1948 with the wartime materials restrictions completely lifted now the use of sterling silver is replaced with the use of a rhodium plating finish.
Taylord taylor co newark nj mark for all the usual types of jewelry plus cigarette cases bangles buttons and jewelry clasps. The coro mark which is most common was in use since 1919. Save 10 on entire order. Coro jewelry corocraft jewelry early coro jewelry as early as 1901 is marked cr stands for emanuel cohn and gerald rosenberg coro production ceased in 1979 except for coro inc in canada which was still operational in 1990.
In the sixties they were the biggest selling company of costume jewellery in the uk. Some of their more notable products include the coro duettes coro tremblers coro door knockers and coro crown pins. A factory was established in providence rhode island in 1911. Corocraft was one branch opened in england in 1933.