© Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
The Doncaster Shield
Artist: J S Hunt (active1865 -)
Location: Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1865
Materials: silver, parcel-gilt
Dimensions: 84 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £5,280)
Vendor: Koopman
Review number: 2775 (1979)
Provenance:
The 4th Marquis of Hastings; The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers; sold Christie's January 1979.
Description:
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.
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