Angelo Castioni
Other names: Costioni
Born 1834 (Circa)
Died 20 November 1906
Active: 1881 - 1901
Country of birth: Switzerland
Country of death: England
Sculptor, marble carver or pointer
Born in Switzerland. His daughter, Josephine Castioni (born c.1863 in Switzerland) married Gottardo Induni in 1887. Died at 19 Melfort Road, Thorston Heath, Surrey. Castioni carved Princess Louise's marble statue of Queen Victoria (1893) in Kensington Gardens. (See letter from Castioni's assistant [Somvini] to Office of Works on 3 June 1898 about request to copy a part of the design of the statue. --> National Archives, Works/20/77. Information submitted by Desiree de Chair.)
Wealth at death: £1,296 12s. 5d.
Probate date: 19 December 1906
Locations
Address 3 Upper Cheyne Row Chelsea London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Living at this address with his immediate family and nephew, Rudolph Pelli, sculptor
Address 1 Upper Cheyne Row Chelsea London | View on map
1890 (Circa) - 1906 (Circa)
This address mentioned in probate calendar indicating business active until Castioni's death
Personal and Professional Connections
Grandmother/grandfather/grandparent to Peter Induni
Peter's mother, Josephine was daughter of the sculptor, Angelo Castioni
Grandmother/grandfather/grandparent to Joseph Vincent Induni
Joseph's mother, Josephine was daughter of the sculptor, Angelo Castioni
Mother/father/parent of P. Castioni
Related to Gottardo Induni
Castioni was Gottardo Induni's father-in-law
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 76; Folio: 128; Page: 50; GSU roll: 1341017
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 64 folio 83 page 28
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 78 folio 75 page 26
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Angelo Castioni
Probate Date: 19 Dec 1906
Death Date: 22 Nov 1906
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: London
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
Citing this record
'Angelo Castioni', 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=msib1_1271847929, accessed 20 Mar 2023]
