Comments on: Coro Costume Jewelry and Vendome

By: Gail

Gail — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:09:09 +0000

Hi Rose,

How nice to mave a necklace and earring set! From the sounds of the jewler’s make, your set was made between 1956 (when Coro first started using the copyright mark) and 1979, when it ceased operations.

Gail

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:10:12 +0000

hi, I have a necklace and earring set that my mother got from her best friend, it has coro with a c in a circle to the right side, I would like to find out the age of it.

Rose

By: Gail

Gail — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:34:53 +0000

Hi Danielle,

My guess is that the piece is from around 1936 to 1939. Since you said 1936, that would be about the right timeframe. As far as how much it’s worth, that depends on the piece and how good of a condition it’s in. Your best bet is to look up some ebay auctions for “coro pegasus” which should give you some items for comparison.

Best wishes on a nice costume jewelry find!

Gail

By: danielle

danielle — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:19:21 +0000

hi i have a piece of coro from my grandmother who got it from her mother in 1936 it has coro in script in a box with wat looks like to be pegasus on the out side to the left of it we would like to find some information about it like how old it could be an worth dont plan on selling keeping it in the family thank u hope to hear from u.

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:15:53 +0000

Hi Robin,

What you have is probably not Coro, as I can’t find any record of them working with gold-filled metal. That isn’t to say that they didn’t — just that I can’t find any information on it.

There is one possibility, though, and that it’s something from very, very early on. The two founding men were Emanuel Cohn & Carl Rosenberger. Possibly the “Ro” prefix of the signature was for Rosenberger. Now I have no proof of that — it’s just speculation — but I also couldn’t find anything on a ROCORO jewelry mark.

Sorry I am not able to help more, but if you ever get a definitive answer, please come back and let us know.

Gail

By: Robin Pinelli

Robin Pinelli — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:42:09 +0000

I was looking for help. I have a pair of earrings.
They are hallmarked 1/20 12kgf RECORO
They are very old in a art nouveau style each with 3 rhinestones.
I cannot find mention any where on this incorporation of “RE”
Can you help me?
Thank you for your time.
Kind Regards,
Robin

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