Two Designer Charm Bracelets, One By Coro And One By McClelland Barclay (Sterling)

Two fabulous designer charm bracelets from the mid 1900s.
Coro bracelet with ten numbered charms is 7" long.
The Sterling silver McClelland Barclay designed bracelet is 7 3/8" long.

Coro jewelry, Cohn & Rosenberger, was founded in New York by Emanuel Cohn and Carl Rosenberger in 1901/1902 and incorporated in 1913. A factory was established in Providence, Rhode Island in 1911. With offices or plants in New York and Providence, at times they had a presence in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Toronto, England and Mexico as well. Great Britain mechanical patents have been found in the name of Corocraft from 1961 until 1969, which documents actual production in England (courtesy Mary Walden-Till).
Cohn died in 1910, but the name remained Cohn & Rosenberger. The corporate name “Coro” was adopted in 1943. Rosenberger died in 1957, and his son Gerald, who succeeded him, died in 1967.
In 1969, the family sold 51 percent of the Coro stock to Richton, Intl. Corp., who bought the remaining stock in 1970. Richton also owned the Oscar de la Renta brand. By 1979 all the Coro companies, except the Canadian company, were bankrupt.

McClelland Barclay was an American artist whose work includes illustrations, painting, and sculpture, along with designing costume jewelry. His artistry appeared in magazines like The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal, among many others. His original works are held in many museums across the United States today.
In the late 1930s, he established the McClelland Barclay Art Products Corporation to market various wares he designed. Ashtrays and bookends were among these consumer goods along with jewelry produced by Rice-Weiner & Co. Rhinestone jewelry pieces with one of the McClelland Barclay marks often have a distinctive Art Deco look to them. His sterling silver jewelry designs were more varied, although some of the construction techniques and components are similar from piece to piece.
Barclay became a part of the United States Naval Reserve in 1938 and reported for active duty in 1940. He spent the next two years designing recruiting posters for the Navy and then volunteered to be a combat artist in 1941. A Japanese torpedo sunk the ship he was serving on in 1943, and he was reported lost at sea.
It is not clear when the production of jewelry designed by Barclay formally ceased, but in general, it is dated to c. 1940.

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Jewelry & Watches, Bracelets

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