Allan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 – December 3, 2002) was an American silversmith, known as "silversmith to the stars".

Career

He started his career when he was introduced to a man named Porter Blanchard by his uncle. Beginning his career as an apprentice in 1938, Adler designed

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ware and holloware in shapes inspired by the Modernist art movement of the early 1900s. Adler began his career in 1938 and created silverware and holloware in shapes due to the emerging art of the early 1900s His name became associated with

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in the early 1940s, and he was commissioned to design mini-Oscars for

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winners, crowns for

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and Miss USA, and silver bowls, candlesticks and goblets for celebrity clients. During

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's presidential campaign, Adler crafted a silver coffee urn to be used at a fund-raising event. As a businessman, Adler opened his own shop on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and later in La Jolla, Corona del Mar and San Francisco. In 1980 fire burnt almost his $1 million

Personal life

Adler married Becca Blanchard, daughter of noted silversmith

Porter Blanchard Porter George Blanchard (1886–1973) was an American silversmith living and working in Pacoima, California. He is considered to have been part of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Career Blanchard learned the trade of the silversmith from his fa ...

. His wife was died in a car accident.

References

External links

Company website
1916 births 2002 deaths American silversmiths People from Los Angeles {{US-artist-stub