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Description: | A cast lead hawking whistle, probably post-medieval in date (circa 1650-1850). The whistle is cone shaped, tapering outwards from the open end. The open end of the whistle would have been the mouth piece. By looking inside the whistle one can see that the whistle is only hollow until about half of the way down the interior of the body of the whistle. There is a sheet of lead, dividing this space into two. Either side of this are the sound two holes, which would have allowed the air and therefore sound to pass down the whistle and out through these holes which are visible on the exterior of the cone). At the other terminal of the whistle there is a stepped collar, before the decorative terminal proper which has been formed from a projecting flattened knop. There is a coating of a copper alloy type product still surviving in part on the surface of the whistle. The metal is a light greenish-grey colure and the surface is smooth but pitted in places.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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