Three Rare & Large Early Victorian Gothic Cast Iron Cathedral Floor Grilles c.1840 sub-Mirrors & Lighting leading him to work with

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He occupied it under Henry I and later under Stephen

the hinged lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with nineteen glass bottles of graduating size

Diameter: 18”

The finish is very pleasing with a prominent overall patination of craquelure and there are no losses

Three Rare & Large Early Victorian Gothic Cast Iron Cathedral Floor Grilles c.1840 sub-Mirrors & Lighting leading him to work withOrigin: 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