Three Rare & Large Early Victorian Gothic Cast Iron Cathedral Floor Grilles c.1840 sub-Antiques One of the most pleasing

One of the most pleasing thing about a Belouche piece is that the imperfections in their execution are a pleasing change for many in the contemporary world

and made it his residence

The preserved juvenile black bear (ursus americanus) taxidermy mount

There is one small hairline crack to the base but is neither noticeable nor problematic

often given as a love token and created on New England whaling ships

Three Rare & Large Early Victorian Gothic Cast Iron Cathedral Floor Grilles c.1840 sub-Antiques One of the most pleasingOrigin: 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