Enrico Cantoni
Other names: Henry
Born 1860 (Circa)
Died 19 December 1923
Active: 1881 - 1923
Country of birth: Italy
Country of death: England
Plaster figure maker, sculptor's moulder, teacher of casting
Born in Italy, not naturalised before 1911. He wrote two illustrated articles about the process of casting in plaster for 'Arts and Crafts Magazine', Volumes 1-2, Hutchinson and Company, London, 1904. Here he is described as moulder to the Royal College of Art. He died leaving his personal effects to his brother, Mark Cantoni, a sanitary inspector.
Wealth at death: £1,914 14s. 7d.
Probate date: 14 February 1924
Works
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Locations
Address 162 and 164 Gray's Inn Road London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Boarding here with Antonio Stoanbi
Address 43 Glebe Place Chelsea London SW | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Ran a business at 100 Church Street Chelsea London | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1923 (Circa)
Also living at this address. He died here in December 1923
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher at Central School of Arts and Crafts
1909 (Circa)
'For the benefit of modelling students, demonstrations in plaster casting, piecemould, waste and gelatine methods will be given from time to time by Mr. E. Cantoni, of which due notice will be given.'
Worked for Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1904 (Circa)
As 'moulder'
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Conrad Gustave d'Huc Dressler
Worked with Antonio Stoanbi
1881 (Circa)
Presume this working relationship as typical of the trade and resident together at same address
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s
1921
England: London: 1921 Hughes' Business Directory: Image/page 127
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Plaster Moulder' neither employed nor an employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor's Moulder' employer working at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Moulder for Sculptors' employer working at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Plaster Figure Maker'
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
p.193.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 341; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 1341074
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 64; Folio 74; Page 9; GSU roll: 6095174
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 72; Folio: 31; Page: 54
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN377 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED5 SN58
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Enrico Cantoni
Probate Date: 14 Feb 1924
Death Date: 19 Dec 1923
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London
U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s
2009
England: London: 1921 Hughes' Business Directory: Image/page 127
Citing this record
'Enrico Cantoni', 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=msib2_1211213368, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
