Giovanni Antonio (Ferdinand) Franchi
Other names: John
Born 1832 (Circa)
Died 28 May 1870
Active: 1851 - 1870
Country of birth and death: England
Manufacturer of fictile ivory, artist, electrotypist
Born in Clerkenwell, London. He was the only surviving son of Giovanni Franchi who established a successful plaster casting business and then specialised in the production of fictile ivories and electrotype reproductions. The younger Giovanni was known both as Giovanni Antonio (at his marriage to Sarah Maria Ullmer on 25th July 1855) and Giovanni Ferdinand (in the Census Returns of 1861 and in probate records). Giovanni Antonio (Ferdinand) worked in his father's business from around 1851 until his death in 1870 as a maker of fictile ivories and electrotypes. After his father's death in 1874 the business was acquired by Elkington & Co.
Wealth at death: £800 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 27 June 1870
Locations
Address 15 Myddleton Street London | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 6 Upper Gloucester Street Islington London | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 19 Myddleton Street London | View on map
1870
Living here at the time of his death
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Imitator of Ivory'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Caster of figures in imitation of Ivory & Electrotypist'
Occupation given in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
'Electro plater' and his father, Giovanni Ferdinand Franchi 'Electrotyper'
Occupation given in London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
1855
'Artist' also his father Giovanni Ferdinando Franchi, 'Artist'
Sources
British bronze sculpture founders and plaster figure makers, 1800-1980
February 2011
http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/british-bronze-founders-and-plaster-figure-makers-1800-1980-1/british-bronze-founders-and-plaster-figure-makers-1800-1980-f.php (accessed 12 April 2011)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
Class: HO107; Piece: 1519; Folio: 259; Page: 11; GSU roll: 87853
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 198 folio 49 page 14
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Year of Registration: 1870; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 37; District: Holborn; Volume: 1b; Page: 453
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: John Ferdinand Franchi
Probate Date: 27 Jun 1870
Death Date: 28 May 1870
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
Name: Giovanni Antonio Franchi
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Spouse Name: Sarah Maria Ullmer
Spouse Age: 19
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 26 Jul 1855
Parish: St Andrew, Barnsbury
County: Middlesex
Borough: Islington
Father Name: Giovanni Ferdinando Franchi
Spouse Father Name: Frederick Ullmer
Citing this record
'Giovanni Antonio (Ferdinand) Franchi', 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/person.php?id=ann_1273426369, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
