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Group    From 1973 

Meridian Bronze

Categories: Craft / Design, Sculpture

Countries: Australia

Meridian Bronze

We're not certain we have found the right foundry. Its name seems right but it's Australian which seems wrong.

From their : "Established in 1973 by Peter Morley, Meridian Sculpture was the first commercial-scale, lost-wax foundry in Australia." Morley trained in London so perhaps that explains the 'London' in the name on the Crosby piece.

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Meridian Bronze

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Bing Crosby

We could not find the sculptor's name on the piece. Bing Crosby performed fo...

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Eric Gill

Eric Gill

Sculptor. Born Brighton. One of thirteen children of a clergyman, he remained religious all his life. Passionate believer in the "carving direct" method. His sculptures would sometimes depict contr...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Sculpture

4 memorials
Henry Prince

Henry Prince

The NPG has some information about this engineer/founder: Born c. 1817. Died April/March 1875. He maintained a foundry in the Grove, Great Guildford Street, Southwark for much of his life. He began...

Person, Craft / Design

4 memorials
Wynkyn De Worde

Wynkyn De Worde

Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption of Wynkyn de Woerth so, disappointingly, his is not an example of nominative determinism, unlike Isambard Brunel.  Brou...

Person, Craft / Design, Journalism / Publishing, Netherlands

1 memorial
Zaehnsdorf bookbinders

Zaehnsdorf bookbinders

From the research published by the Seven Dials Trust: "Zaehnsdorfs was founded in London in 1841 by Joseh Zaehnsdorf. In 1862 he received an honourable mention at the London International Exhibitio...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

1 memorial
R. Townsend

R. Townsend

Carpenter at St Pauls in 1979.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial