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Aylesford Magnificient Victorian Oak Painted Reredos*

Category: Miscellaneous - Religious


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