Weiss Jewelry

"Before Albert Weiss founded his own costume jewelry company in 1942, he learned the tricks of the trade as a designer for Coro in the 1930's. Weiss excelled at floral and figural brooches and earrings. The company also made numerous styles of bracelets and necklaces. Although Weiss would never get as big as Coro and ceased operations altogether in 1971, business was good enough in the 1950s and ’60s that the company had to contract with Hollycraft to fill its orders. Weiss is perhaps best known for its use of smoky rhinestones. The company was also one of the first to use Swarovski's polychromatic aurora borealis crystals, which were created with Dior in the 1950s. Earrings and pins in its Skyline brand are comparable to those in the Eisenberg Ice line."
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A Portion of Our Weiss Collection 

Coro Jewelry

Coro (Corocraft and Vendome) Coro, Inc began operations in 1901.  The US business ended in 1979.  In 1937 Coro began using the name Coro Craft for high end jewelry.  This name is found printed Corocraft, one word, on jewelry produced after World War II. In 1944 Coro began producing jewelry marked Vendome which was named after a city in France. Like Carocraft, Vendome was originally the high end jewelry of Coro.  In the 1950s and 1960s Coro featured carved, molded, and ribbed stones.  All are becoming highly collectible.  This information was shared in Costume Jewelry 101 but Julia Carroll. 

Our Coro Past and Present Collection: