What's it Worth?

In 1901, Emanuel Cohn and Gerald Rosenberg opened a New York City shop to sell jewelry and accessories. This was the beginning of Coro, a name that incorporated the first two letters of their last names. Coro soon became the most prolific producer of costume jewelry in the 20th century. By the mid-1920s, it employed more than 2,000 workers; by the 1950s, its factories had expanded around the U.S., as well as to England, Canada and Mexico. When Rosenberg retired in 1979, the American operations stopped, and in the late 1990s the remaining Canadian facility closed. The markings on your bracelet suggest it is from the late 1950s or early 1960s, a Camelot period of stage and screen. Costume jewelry with English and French motifs was fashionable then. The bracelet’s cash value is around $30.