Panicali Brothers
Other names: U. Panicali and Brothers
Active: 1890 - 1931
Function: Plaster figure makers, modellers
History or description: Umiliano Panicali (c.1859-1917) and his younger brother, Guglielmo (born c.1862) from Treppignano in Italy founded the Panicali Brothers firm in Birmingham c.1890. The brothers employed a series of younger or more junior assistants as casters, cleaners and sellers. Although loosely based on the traditional pattern of a padrone (Umiliano) the business differed from these by operating from a static location over a period of more than forty years. There are more details about the partners and employees in their individual records.
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 3
Period Start: 1891
Numbers: 5
Period Start: 1901
Numbers: 5
Period Start: 1911
Percentage Male/Female: 80/20
Locations
Address 56 Pershore Street Birmingham | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Business located at 56 and 58 Pershore Street Birmingham | View on map
1890 (Circa)
Business located at 43 Moor Street Birmingham | View on map
1896 (Circa) - 1931 (Circa)
Business located at Penn Street Birmingham | View on map
1931 (Circa)
Location of 'stores' for the business
Business located at 18 Hunters Road Hockley Birmingham | View on map
1931 (Circa)
Location of 'stores' for the business
Institutional and Business Connections
May be connected to L. and N. Panicali and Co.
Probably a satellite business run by Luigi Panicali
Associated People
Employer of Daniele Guide
1891 (Circa)
Worked as a plaster figure maker. From the Census Returns it appears Umiliano Panicali acted as a padrone, so Guide may have been contracted exclusively to him
Employer of Genese Guazzelli
1891 (Circa)
Worked as a plaster figure seller. From the Census Returns it appears Umiliano Panicali acted as a padrone, so Guazelli may have been contracted exclusively to him
Employer of Paolo Moscardine
1891 (Circa)
Worked as a plaster figure maker. From the Census Returns it appears Umiliano Moscardine acted as a padrone, so Guide may have been contracted exclusively to him
Employer of Ermete Vanucio
1901 (Circa)
Working as a plaster modeller
Employer of Daniele Vanucio
1901 (Circa)
Working as a plaster modeller
Employer of Americo Biagoni
1901 (Circa)
Working as a plaster modeller
Employer of Patrizio Leonarda
1901 (Circa)
Working as a plaster modeller
Employer of Antonio Pieri
1901 (Circa)
Working as a plaster modeller
Employer of Thomas Rowe
1911 (Circa)
Working as an apprentice cleaner
Employer of Anibale Peranzi
1911 (Circa)
Working as an assistant caster
Employer of Luigi Pucci
1911 (Circa)
Working as an assistant cleaner
Employer of Luigi Panicali
1911 (Circa)
Working as an assistant (specialism not given). Presume he became a partner in the family firm after his father's death in 1917
Trade name of Guglielmo Panicali
1890 (Circa) - 1931 (Presumed)
Guglielmo was the junior partner to Umiliano. When Umiliano died in 1917 it is presumed that Guglielmo continued running the business.
Trade name of Umiliano Panicali
1890 (Circa) - 1917
Umiliano was the senior partner in the business with his brother,Guglielmo. When Umiliano died in 1917 it is presumed that Guglielmo continued running the business.
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
Listed as 'Plaster Figure Makers'.
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1896
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
Listed as 'Modellers'.
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
Listed as 'Modellers'.
Listed in Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its suburbs and Smethwick, 1931 Kelly's Trades Directories
1931
Listed as 'Modellers'.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2383 folio 30 page 6
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2838 folio 42 page 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN18142 RG78PN1098 RD384 SD4 ED39 SN2
Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
p. 1103.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its suburbs and Smethwick, 1931 Kelly's Trades Directories
1931
p. 1409.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
p. 1020.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
p. 862.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
p. 657.
Citing this record
'Panicali Brothers', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1216113869, accessed 28 Jan 2023]
