Almost everyone has a piece of Coro jewelry in their jewelry box. Coro jewelry is a staple of the vintage jewelry collection as Coro jewelry is relatively easy to find and usually at an Affordable price. Here's a little background on the jewelry company and it's products. Emanuel Cohn started the E. Cohn Company in New York, New York in 1901, later pairing with German-born Carl Rosenberger and made Coro signed jewelry. The two men made the world's biggest jewelry manufacturing plant in Providence, Rhode Island. By 1911 there was some mystery associated with Emanuel Cohn's departure from the company. Speculators believe he died on the Titanic, other say he just retired. Whatever happened to him, it was in 1911 that the Coro jewelry company was in the hands of Carl Rosenberger. Under his leadership the company flourished. Coro opened it's Jewelry Campus to prospective students who wanted to learn the costume jewelry trade. Many graduates of the jewelry campus at Coro became jewelry designers and model makers at other companies, or even started their own companies. Coro jewelry lines ranged from the low priced jewelry at dime stores to very expensive pieces found in jewelry stores. Coro Jewelry was divided into four areas: Coro, Corocraft, Coro Pearls, and Coro Teens were all working to produce jewelry for various markets. Coro made and marketed costume jewelry under many names including 47 West, Aristocraft, Fashionata, Paragon, Sterling Craft, Tickled Pink, and Vendome to name just a few of their registered names. In the 1930's Coro received it's famous design Patent for Coro Duettes, a two part pin set that could be worn separately or together as one piece. By the 1960's Coro jewelry hit an all-time high due in large part to their quantity, quality, and Affordable prices for costume jewelry. And by the mid-1960's over half of the production was devoted to earrings. In 1969 Coro was merged with the Richton International Corporation, and by 1979 Richton sold to K M Jewelry, Inc. Late in 1979 the Coro jewelry plant closed forever.

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