{"product_id":"swedish-modern-by-allan-adler-sterling-silver-sugar-tong-4-1-2-serving-heirloom","title":"Swedish Modern by Allan Adler Sterling Silver Sugar Tong 4 1\/2\" Serving Heirloom","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e BRAND : Allan Adler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e PATTERN : Swedish Modern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e COMPOSITION : Sterling Silver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e TYPE : Serving Pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e MAKER : Allan Adler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e AGE : Post-1940\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAllan W. Adler\u003c\/b\u003e (May 8, 1916 - December 3, 2002) His clean, unadorned and\u003cbr\u003ewell-crafted style was strongly influenced by the traditional work of early\u003cbr\u003eAmerican silversmiths and the contemporary work then being done in the Northern\u003cbr\u003eEuropean countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. It was a unique and\u003cbr\u003eone-of-a-kind style of silversmithing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdler was an American silversmith, known as\u003cbr\u003e\"silversmith to the stars\". Beginning his career as an apprentice in\u003cbr\u003e1938, Adler designed silverware and hollowware in shapes\u003cbr\u003einspired by the Modernist art movement of the early 1900s. Adler learned the\u003cbr\u003ecraft of silversmithing from noted 5th generation silversmith Porter Blanchard,\u003cbr\u003eone of the founders of the Arts and Crafts movement in California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis name became associated\u003cbr\u003ewith Hollywood glamour in the early 1940s, and he was commissioned to\u003cbr\u003edesign mini-Oscars for Academy Award winners, crowns for Miss\u003cbr\u003eUniverse and Miss USA, and silver bowls, candlesticks and goblets for\u003cbr\u003ecelebrity clients including commissions for Michael Jackson, Paul Newman,\u003cbr\u003ePresidents, and Astronauts. During John F. Kennedy's presidential\u003cbr\u003ecampaign, Adler crafted a silver coffee urn to be used at a fund-raising event.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSwedish Modern by Allan Adler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSterling silver hand hammered Sugar Tong 4 1\/2\" in the pattern Swedish Modern by Allan Adler. It is not monogrammed and is in excellent condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e100% Satisfaction Guaranteed!\u003cli\u003e \u003cbr\u003eListed with ExportYourStore.com\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Allan Adler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40077385859134,"sku":"145078159602_1B14","price":229.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/3311\/6730\/files\/57_f2da5730-0100-40e4-82c6-3cf4d4d37207.jpg?v=1775017096","url":"https:\/\/antiquecupboard.net\/products\/swedish-modern-by-allan-adler-sterling-silver-sugar-tong-4-1-2-serving-heirloom","provider":"Antique Cupboard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}