DEATH CERTIFICATES
Carlo Valsuani Death Certificate (1886)
The death certificate of Carlo Valsuani, issued January 27, 1886 in Crescenzago (now part of Milan), establishes a critical chronological anchor: the father of the foundry founder died thirteen years before the foundry was established.
Certificate Details
- Full name: Carlo Valsuani
- Date of death: January 27, 1886
- Place of death: Crescenzago, Lombardy, Italy
- Age at death: Approximately 55 years
- Relationship to foundry: Father of Claude Valsuani, the actual founder
Original Italian Text
L’anno milleottocento ottantasei, addì Ventisette di Gennaio… è morto Carlo Valsuani di anni cinquanta cinque…
(In the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, on the twenty-seventh of January… Carlo Valsuani, aged fifty-five, died…)
Chronological Impossibility
| Event | Year |
|---|---|
| Carlo Valsuani dies | 1886 |
| Foundry first documented (press) | 1899 (+13 years after Carlo’s death) |
| Foundry formal founding date (letterhead) | 1908 (+22 years after Carlo’s death) |
Carlo cannot have founded, operated, or stamped bronzes from an enterprise that came into existence decades after his death. All stamps reading C. VALSUANI or CIRE PERDUE C. VALSUANI carry the initial of Claude — the son, who was ten years old when his father died.
