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Studio Silversmiths
This table lists studio silversmiths with their locations and marks. Dates given are approximate working dates. Birth and death dates for individuals are in parentheses. Silversmith Location Dates of Business Mark Allan Adler Los Angeles, California (1916–2002) Porter Blanchard Los Angeles, California (1886–1973) William Waldo Dodge Asheville, North Carolina (1895–1971) active 1920s–1930s Clemens Friedell Los […]
Horace Potter
Horace Potter (1873-1848) opened the Potter Shop in Cleveland in 1899 to sell his decorative metalwork and jewelry. It later became the Potter Studio, then Potter Bentley Studios in 1928, and Potter and Mellen, Inc., in 1933. The company made and sold jewelry, silver, and brass hollow ware and also sold china, giftwares, and enameled […]
Arthur J. Stone
Arthur J. Stone (1847-1938) came to the United States from England and established his workshop in Gardner, Massachusetts, in 1901. He made traditional presentation silver and ecclesiastical silver as well as other pieces that copied great historic metal masterpieces, including “Paul Revere” bowls and teapots. His tablewares were inspired by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American and […]
Marshall Field & Company Craft Shop
Marshall Field’s department store in Chicago added a craft shop and metal foundry to its jewelry workroom in 1904. Craftsmen made silver flatware and hollow ware. Much of the silverware had hammer marks and imitated Colonial silver patterns or were made with bands of raised flowers and leaves. The shop also made brass, gold, and […]
Kalo Shop
The Kalo Shop was started in Chicago by Clara Barck Welles (1868–1965) in 1900. Kalo silversmiths made hand-hammered flatware, hollow ware, and jewelry in the Arts and Crafts style. Kalo pieces often were made to order with an applied cut-out monogram. The silver was sold at the Kalo Shop in Chicago and from 1914 to […]
Allan Adler
Allan Adler (1916-2002) learned silversmithing from his father-in-law, Porter Blanchard, then started his own business in Los Angeles in 1939. His silver, entirely handmade, was very simple and geometric with clean lines. During World War II, he worked for the government making silver tubes for radar systems, and he was able to buy rationed silver […]