The Doncaster Shield

J S Hunt (active1865 -)

Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery

1865

This is the cup for 1865 and was won by Ackworth, owned by 4th Marquis of Hastings.. Only one or two were made in form of a shield. The circular relief in the centre depicts the meeting of Bolingbroke and the Earls of Westmorland and Northumberland at Doncaster in 1339.

• Medium: silver, parcel-gilt
• Dimensions: 84 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £5,280)
• ArtFunded in: 1979
• Vendor: Koopman

Provenance

The 4th Marquis of Hastings; The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers; sold Christie's January 1979.

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