Aylesford Magnificient Victorian Oak Painted Reredos*
Supplied by Buckley & Son of Wigmore Street in 1880
338cm long
293cm at highest point
Comprises three painted panels depicting The Nativity, The Crucifixion and The Resurrection
and beautifully carved figures
Latin inscription at the base attributed to the 12th Century poet Hugh Primas of Orleans, translates:
"Those whom the snake's poison ravaged with doomed pleasure
The wondrous blood of Christ has washed with gentleness"
£7,500 + VAT