EXCITING plenty of bidding against its £500-800 estimate at Ely-based saleroom Rowley's was this rare 9in (22.5cm) early 17th century engraved horn shoehorn.
The sale at Tattersalls, Newmark on July 22, which was specially added to the auctioneer's calendar, featured many lots that once furnished Rushbrooke Hall, a Suffolk country house demolished in 1961.
In addition to a crown and a Tudor rose, the shoehorn was inscribed to the rim Robart Mindum made this shooing horne for Mistriss Blake Anno Domino 1612.
It sold for £8800 (plus 20.56% buyer's premium).
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