Three Rare & Large Early Victorian Gothic Cast Iron Cathedral Floor Grilles c.1840 sub-Mirrors & Lighting seated in the magnificently carved

seated in the magnificently carved and decorated new throne to receive the homage of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal

Diameter: 30 inches

though not distinct

the wrecked boat in the background and an albatross circling overhead is presented in its gilded wooden frame with inset border and large hoop hanger

Three Rare & Large Early Victorian Gothic Cast Iron Cathedral Floor Grilles c.1840 sub-Mirrors & Lighting seated in the magnificently carvedOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840Height: 48. 5Width: 24. 25Depth: 0. 5 (each x3)The large and rare trio of cast iron floor grilles or grates, each with an intricate and beautiful repeating gothic design of conforming circles with quatrefoils, having been part of the flooring area for ventilation in a large church or cathedral, each of rectangular form and surviving from the high gothic period of the early Victorian