Background
Blanchard learned the trade of the silversmith from his father, George Porter Blanchard in Gardner, Massachusetts.
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Career
He is considered to be part of the Arts and Crafts Movement. In 1923, Blanchard moved to Burbank, California, where he established a studio for silversmithing. Between the 1930s and 1950, he operated a shop in Hollywood.
He then worked from his home in Pacoima from the 1940s until his death in 1973.
After 1955, all Porter Blanchard flatware was made at the Calabasas shop, while the holloware was made at Blanchard"s Pacoima home. Many of his papers, including photographs of his shop, are collected in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, District of Columbia Blanchard"s works are in the collections of various museums, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Oakland Museum of California.
Membership
Blanchard was a member of the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts and was awarded their title of medalist in 1944.
