1916-2002

• American Silversmith, known as “Silversmith to the Stars”
• Known for Modernist Designs
• Married to Becca Blanchard, daughter of silversmith Porter Blanchard
• Trained as a silversmith by Porter Blanchard – He eventually took over Blanchard’s Sunset Strip location to go into business with his own designs
• During World War II Allan was contracted by the Gilfillan Company to make a highly classified silver item. Unbeknownst to him, it was a vital part of a secret radar system.
• Private students included actors James Gleason, Katherine Hepburn and Margaret Sullivan.

Special Design Commissions:

• Dwight D. Eisenhower – Golf Trophy
• Adlai Stevenson – campaign button depicting a sterling silver shoe sole with a hole in it.
• John F. Kennedy – Coffee Urn for a fund-raising event
• Governor Pat Brown – flatware for the Governor’s mansion with the state’s official seal
• Winston Churchill – Silver Hairbrush
• Convair Aviation Company – pin for the first seven astronauts, The design was also displayed at the entrance of NASA headquarters, Florida.
• Mini-Oscars for Oscar winners
• 1953: Crowns for Miss Universe and Miss USA

Clientele that ranged from Errol Flynn to Michael Jackson, for example:

• Errol Flynn – Rhinoceros Hoof Ashtray
• Clark Gable and Carole Lombard – Monogrammed Mugs (gift)
• Shirley MacLaine – Tea set (gift)
• Julie Andrews – Flatware
• Petula Clark – Flatware
• Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck – Gifts
• Dinah Shore – Key Rings (gifts for guests on her TV show)
• Frank Sinatra – Flatware and Frames (gifts)
• Paul Newman Paul – Gifts for his wife, Joanne Woodward, and others
• Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood  – Gifts
• Mrs. Gary Cooper – Jewelry
• Carol Channing – Silver Lunchbox
• Michael Jackson – Silver Belt