Lot 104
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AN ELIZABETHAN SHOE HORN
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AN ELIZABETHAN SHOE HORN

BY ROBERT MINDUM, 1597

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AN ELIZABETHAN SHOE HORN
BY ROBERT MINDUM, 1597
The oxhorn with stained engraved decoration of a crowned rose and other motifs and date 1597 with inscription border reading THIS IS WILL'YAM S........OF ROBART MINDVM, losses to rounded end,
5 3/8in. (13.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

See Paula Hardwick, Discovering Horn, Lutterworth Press 1981, pp.62 for a discussion on shoe horns made by Robert Mindum. A similar horn but larger is ilustrated and another in York Castle Museum is discussed. The full inscription in the illustrated comparative example reads THIS IS RICHARD CRABS SHOE IN HORNE MADE BY THE HAND OF ROBART MINDVM

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