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).
