Collection GB 0074 ACC/2683 - MEACCI, F. {PIECE MOULDER AND FIGURE MAKER}

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2683

Title

MEACCI, F. {PIECE MOULDER AND FIGURE MAKER}

Date(s)

  • 1887-1893 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

F. Meacci was based at 53 Cale Street, Chelsea. He was a piece moulder and figure maker whose customers included Alfred Gilbert, celebrated sculptor of 'Eros' and other late Victorian sculptors including Edward Onslow Ford, George Cowell, Mary Grant and Thomas Essex. Records of his transactions with these sculptors can be found in this collection.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2683 1887-1893 Collection 0.16 linear metres Meacci , F , fl 1887-1893 , piece moulder and figure maker

F. Meacci was based at 53 Cale Street, Chelsea. He was a piece moulder and figure maker whose customers included Alfred Gilbert, celebrated sculptor of 'Eros' and other late Victorian sculptors including Edward Onslow Ford, George Cowell, Mary Grant and Thomas Essex. Records of his transactions with these sculptors can be found in this collection.

Gifted to the archive in 1989.

Ledger and financial accounts of F. Meacci, piece moulder and figure maker, 1887-1893, recording work done in casting, painting, bronzing, squeezing in clay, casting in gelatine, and transport of sculptural works.

One volume and thirty-two loose sheets of accounts.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. July to October 2009 Business records Information sources Documents Financial records Fine arts Works of art Sculpture Arts Clay Sculptural works Building materials Historical periods Victorian period Chemicals Inorganic chemicals Metals Bronze Alloys Sculptors Artists Meacci , F , fl 1887-1893 , piece moulder and figure maker Movable cultural property Cultural property Cultural heritage

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gifted to the archive in 1989.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Ledger and financial accounts of F. Meacci, piece moulder and figure maker, 1887-1893, recording work done in casting, painting, bronzing, squeezing in clay, casting in gelatine, and transport of sculptural works.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One volume and thirty-two loose sheets of accounts.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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