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vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 02-19-2006 12:37 PM This is a baby spoon with a bunny handle by Blanchard. It is marked sterling/porter blanchard/handmade. My camera can't get a good pic of the signature. IP: Logged
Dale Posts: 2132 Registered: Nov 2002	posted 02-19-2006 02:42 PM Wonderful piece! Wonder who Lectra was, an unusual name. IP: Logged
FredZ Posts: 1070 Registered: Jun 99	posted 02-26-2006 12:44 AM I am not certain who the originator of this design was. Lewis Wise was a silversmith who made this identical spoon with a hammered texture. It would be interesting to see which silversmith copied the design of the other. Research tells me that Wise and Blanchard are connected by marriage. Seems that this design was also in the inventory of Allan Adler. The following was taken from a listing of a recent symposium on California silver. "Cynthia Adler, an accomplished silversmith in her own right, was supposed to speak about the work of her grandfather, Porter Blanchard, her father Allan Adler, and her uncles Lewis Wise and Kenneth Adler." Fred [This message has been edited by FredZ (edited 02-26-2006).] IP: Logged
vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 02-26-2006 03:18 PM thanks for that info Fred. At least they kept it in the family. IP: Logged
middletom Posts: 467 Registered: May 2004	posted 03-01-2006 05:45 PM Fred, Lewis Wise and Alan Adler were Blanchard's sons-in-law. Wise's son visited us a few years ago. So that design was used throughout the family, I'd say. IP: Logged

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