Yes I noticed the size....but had you taken the time to look at Coalbrookdale you would have seen that they made 2 Huge one,s...one of which is in their museum in Shropshire..in England and the other was sold in America...but they also made various smaller one,s like this one
LEONARDO DA VINCI'S FAMOUS PAINTING OF THE 'LAST SUPPER' WAS COPIED BY MANY ARTISTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF MATERIALS. BY THE EARLY 19THC CENTRAL EUROPEAN FOUNDRIES WERE PRODUCING EXAMPLES IN CAST IRON AND BY THE 1830'S SIMILAR PLAQUES WERE BEING PRODUCED BY THE COALBROOKDALE COMPANY, SHROPSHIRE, THIS PLAQUE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE IRONMASTERS SKILL OF THE PERIOD AND THE PLAQUES WERE ALSO SHOWN AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851. THEY WERE POPULAR WITH LOCAL HOUSES AND CHURCHES. MOST EXAMPLES WERE POLISHED TO RESEMBLE STEEL, THEY WERE ALSO PRODUCED IN A BRONZE FINISH AND SOMETIMES PAINTED AND GILDED, THIS EXAMPLE IS BRONZE. THE PLAQUE MEASURES APPROX 26 3/4" X 14 3/4" AND HAS STEEL TAGS ON THE UPPER EDGE FOR SECURE WALL ATTACHMENT. IT WEIGHS OVER 9 KILOS. IT HAS NO DAMAGE. THERE IS MINOR FLAKING TO THE BRONZED PATINA.
