A Doncaster Race Cup
Baron Carlo Marochetti
- Art Funded
- 1978
- Dimensions
- 44 cm
- Vendor
- Koopman Rare Art
Cup in the form of a centrepiece showing the captive King John of France entering London on May 1357, escorted by the Black Prince to whom he had fallen captive at the Battle of Poitiers.
It was won by Lord Rothschild's horse Hungerford. Designed by Marochetti, made by Hancock.
Provenance
Baron Meyer de Rothschild; by descent to the 6th Earl of Rosebery; sold at Sotheby's Mentmore sale, May 1977.