posted 08-11-1999 11:33 PM            

Subject: Paval, Philip, 1899-
Author: Paval, Philip
Title PAVAL: Autobiography Of A Hollywood Artist
1st edition
Hollywood: Gunther Press, 1968.
Inscribed by the author. Very good copy. $20.00

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posted 08-12-1999 10:16 PM            

Your mark is not Philip Paval's. It is the mark of Carl Poul Petersen, a great Canadian silversmith. He emigrated to Canada from Denmark in 1929, having trained at Jensen. He worked for Henry Birks & Sons, prominent Canadian jewelers in Montreal until he founded his own firm in 1944. C.P. Petersen & Sons thrived and continued on until 1979, Carl Petersen having died in 1977. At their peak they employed 20 in-house silversmiths, plus numerous contract workers.

The reason I know all this? I sent in a query to Silver magazine in 1997, and received some very detailed information from some of the readers. Apparently there are still a lot of Canadian silversmiths who are largely unknown in the U.S.! Rainwater has added a number of entries to the recent edition of her book, but Petersen didn't make it, even though about 65% of his production was sold in the U.S.

posted 09-21-2012 08:08 AM            

From: Curious item with surprise

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Here's the mark.

The jigger was possibly created for a star or some high "profile" individual. Does anyone recognizes who it might be?

Fred

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posted 10-30-2014 12:11 PM            

From The California Art Club:

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..... Philip Kran Paval (1899-1971) as 24th President of the CAC (California Art Club), from 1953-1955. Born in Nykobing, Denmark, Paval emigrated to the U.S. in 1919 and during the 1920’s established a silversmith shop in Los Angeles. He soon became well known for his silver and gold sculptures, as well as his paintings of Hollywood celebrities, exhibiting his work often and receiving considerable press coverage. His autobiography[3] is filled with stories recounting his adventures that seem to involve everyone in Hollywood at the time – Mary Pickford, Vincent Price, Errol Flynn, Elizabeth Taylor and Charlie Chaplin are but a few of the names a reader would recognize.

Paval was called upon by his friend Thorkild (Tom) Knudsen of Knudsen’s Creamery in Pasadena to design a crest for President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) to hang in the Castle of Frederikborg in Denmark[4], a result of Eisenhower’s involvement in freeing Europe during World War II while still a General. ......

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California & American Art:

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PHILIP KRAN PAVAL (1899-1971) Painter, sculptor. Born in Denmark. As a teenager, Paval was apprenticed to a silversmith and studied art in Denmark. After immigrating to America in 1919, he worked as a merchant seaman in New York. During the 1920s he moved to Los Angeles where he established a silversmith shop. Paval became well known in LA for his silver and gold sculptures as well as portraits in oil of Hollywood celebrities. He exhibited and won many prizes internationally before his death. MEMBER: Painters & Sculptors of LA; California Art Club (past pres); Westwood AA; San Gabriel Art Club. AWARDS: 3rd prize, Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1936; 3rd prize, Hollywood Riviera Gallery, 1936; LA County Fairs, 1934-39; LACMA, 1935-40, 1955; Ebell Club, 1950; California Art Club, 1950. WORKS HELD: LACMA; MM; Wichita AA; Newark Museum; Pasadena Art Inst.; Buckingham Palace, London; Museums in Denmark, Spain, Ecuador, and others. He is listed in HUGHES, Davenports, Askart, Who's & many more. Biography courtesy of Edan Hughes.

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posted 10-30-2014 05:29 PM            

23 December 1919 Philip Kranker Petersen arrived at New York aboard the vessel Frederick VIII from Copenhagen. His nationality was Danish, and he was twenty years old. His occupation aboard the vessel was sculleryman, and he was not discharged at the port of arrival.

5 June 1928 Philip Kranker Petersen signed a Declaration of Intention stating that he was a twenty-eight year old jeweler, born in Nykobing Falster, Denmark on 20 April 1899, living at 200 South Kenmore Street, Los Angeles, California, and that he had emigrated to the United States from Vancouver BC while a citizen of Denmark on the Great Northern Railway at Blaine, Washington on 18 February 1928.

10 May 1933 Philip Kranker Petersen signed a petition for citizenship. His occupation at this time was gold and silversmith, and his address was 2244 Stanley Hill Drive, Los Angeles, California. At this time he requested that his name be changed to Philip Kran Paval. This record also shows that Philip married Mabel Gunther at Santa Ana, California on 19 March 1926.

11 September 1933 Philip Kranker Petersen with his name changed to Philip Kran Paval was admitted.

posted 11-01-2014 08:38 AM            

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.... In 1939 Knudsen formed the 10 Year Club for the purpose of honoring employees for their valued service to the company. .....

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I expect, if a copy of the 1946 issue(s) could be located then we might learn more about the Paval item we found.

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Successors at creamery followed Knudsen brothers’ philosophy
MAY 01, 2011 12:00 AM
SHIRLEY CONTRERAS
THE HEART OF THE VALLEY

Since the Knudsens had given the government their patented process for making cottage cheese during World War I, after the war ended the two brothers were forced to start from scratch.

In 1919 they leased a building in Los Angeles and started manufacturing cottage cheese and buttermilk. Thus, it can truthfully be said that the Knudsen Creamery began on a proverbial shoestring.

With the brothers' personal philosophy of high quality and fair dealings as their guiding policy, they began making superior products and drew outstanding response. Thus the slogan, "The Very Best" evolved.

In short, both Carl and Tom built their business with both love and hard work, treated their employees like family members, and their business grew.

Tom Knudsen kept in contact with the employees at his various plants, not only by visiting them periodically, but through the magazine "Skimmings," in which he took pains to spread the news about the comings and goings of his "family."

Company picnics, barbecues and the annual Christmas dinner and party for all the employees children were ways of bringing his "family" together.

In 1939 Knudsen formed the 10 Year Club for the purpose of honoring employees for their valued service to the company. In 1959, 54 employees joined The Club, 10 20-year members received pins and Lord Elgin gold watches, while 14 30-year members were given diamond studded pins. Two members who had reached 40 years of service were presented pins mounted with three diamonds.

Although Knudsen relinquished active management of his creameries in 1954, he never lost touch with them. During his retirement years Tom became an avid big game hunter and traveled extensively to hunt polar bears in Canada and big game in Africa. He hunted with both a gun and a camera, and shared his experiences with dozens of business and civic groups
through fascinating lectures.

Tom went on his last African safari at the age of 72.

The man's civic involvements were many. He established at least two foundations to provide scholarships to deserving students. His other philanthropic activities were cloaked in anonymity.

Although he was an American citizen, Tom never forgot his native country.

Because of his contributions to Denmark, the king of Denmark gave him special honor by appointing him as Commander of the Order of Dannenbrog.

Known as a civic minded business leader, humanitarian and, above all, a great American, Thorkild (Tom) R. Knudsen passed away Oct. 29, 1965.

In 1924 when Knudsen purchased the Christian Creamery near the Santa Maria Theater, the products manufactured were cottage cheese, butter and bulk milk. In June of the same year a more suitable location was found at Boone and Oakley, where the brothers built a new facility on a plot of land 125 feet by 200 feet.

Knudsen always tried to promote from within, as was evidenced by Marinus Nielsen's rising up the ladder from butter maker to plant manager.

Twenty-three year old C.C. Marinus Nielsen (also from Denmark) came to the Santa Maria plant to work as a butter and cheese maker in June, 1924.

In June of 1925 he married Inga Jensen of Nipomo.

Recognizing potential leadership qualities, Knudsen named Nielsen plant foreman in 1926 and in 1930 the man was promoted to branch manager.

Under Nielsen's management the history of Knudsen's was one of continued growth. The number of milk trucks grew from one truck to 19 refrigerated delivery trucks that serviced markets, restaurants, schools and homes in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. In addition, the Knudsen plant was a showcase of modern efficiency.

In 1933 Knudsen's acquired the Santa Maria Milk Company.

A need of another kind was met in 1946 when the adjoining property, the Santa Maria Valley Warehouse, was purchased to process and store grain and beans grown in the Valley. It soon handled close to 100 percent of the Valley's annual crop. Originally all milk produced in the two counties was of manufacturing grade. After Nielsen urged the dairymen to modernize their farms and equipment, all produce in these counties became the finest grade.

In 1964 Nielsen was awarded a special certificate from the Dairymen's Association, honoring him for more than 40 years of service to local dairymen. Nielsen, who served as chairman of the agricultural committee of the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce for many years, was past president of the Santa Maria Valley Pioneer Association and took an active interest in many
service organizations.

When Nielsen retired from Knudsen in 1966, Alvin Haueter, quality control and field man for Santa Maria plant since 1960, took over the helm. In 1969, Knudsen opened the Rancher's Supply Store to meet the growing needs of the Valley's horse and cattle ranchers for tack, feed and supplies. It soon became the ranching community's one-stop headquarters.

In 1957, Peter Henmi went to work for Knudsen, first as a custodian and then washing trucks. He wound up doing just about every job in the plant. In 1978 he was appointed route supervisor. Mr. Henmi's daughter, Suzanne, listed among "Who's Who" in high schools students in the 11th and 12th grade, received a scholarship from the T. Knudsen and Valley Knudsen Foundation in 1978. Glenn Battles joined Knudsen in 1965, starting at noon to unload route trucks, washing them daily, and like Peter Henmi, wound up doing just about every job in the plant. Battles worked his way up to plant superintendent before leaving the company in 1975. Velma de Solminihac, another long time Knudsen employee served as the office manager. Although cottage cheese had been manufactured here in Santa Maria, it was discontinued in 1974 when the operation was moved to the Visalia plant for centralization in cottage cheese production.

In the Santa Maria Valley Warehouse, 70 persons were employed at the peak of the season, to sort, clean and package the agricultural products stored there. The warehouse handled 95 percent of the dried lima beans grown in northern Santa Barbara and Southern San Luis Obispo counties.

By 1976 Knudsen was handling only fluid milk. All other dairy products under the Knudsen label were either trucked in from Fresno or handled by the Los Angeles plant itself.

Sadly, the death knoll for Knudsen began in the late 1970s when Winn Enterprises (REIT) of Orange County acquired all of the company's stock.

An article in the Nov. 11, 1976 issue of the Santa Maria Times reported that the Santa Maria Knudsen milk plant closure was "under study."

Dairymen in the area, being certain that the plant would close, began to investigate other ways of transporting their milk to the Knudsen plant in Los Angeles.

The closing of Knudsen, the high cost of transportation plus the increased cost of cattle feed, might have all been deciding factors that caused the dairy farms to close, one by one, in the valley. The DeBernardi dairy farm was the last to close its doors.

In the mid-1980s, Knudsen, the largest dairy operation in the west, petitioned for a Chapter 11 protection, and it wasn't long before the company that Carl and Tom Knudsen had created in 1919 became history.

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