History
Charles H. Stuart founded Emmons jewelry in early 1949 in Newark, New York. The US Patent and Trademark Office records state the name Emmons Jewelers Inc. is a “fanciful” name and not the name of an actual person. Nevertheless, the consensus is that Stuart named the company after his wife Caroline Stuart nee Emmons.
Emmons Jewelers was in business until their bankruptcy in 1981. The trademarks were cancelled in the mid-1980s.
Collecting Emmons Jewelry
Emmons jewelry was very beautiful and of fairly high quality. It was sold through home parties arranged by Emmons consultants, much like Avon and other multi-level marketing companies.
Early Emmons pieces were marked EmJ and, later, simply Emmons until 1955 when the mark began to include a copyright symbol as well. In 1955, Emmons Jewelers used the mark Emmolite for their common metal pieces. The company was also known to use the mark Ce (a lowercase e within the uppercase C topped with a crown) which was, of course, the initials of Caroline Emmons.
Company records for Emmons are difficult to find and not all Emmons jewelry was marked. Therefore, the dates and names of some pieces are not certain. Thankfully, Emmons has some very dedicated collectors who have done a lot of research and figured out the details of numerous pieces.
Although not exceedingly rare, Emmons jewelry is harder to come by than pieces from its sister company, Sarah Coventry.
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