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Description: | A small silver whistle made form thin silver sheet folded over an soldered to form a whistle of tapering form, open at the blowing end with a hole cut out along its length. The end closed with a flower head design. Floral decoration in a transverse band towards the end, integral suspension loop below with ring attached. By the blow hole there is a makers mark 'TA' (?)Possibly a hawking or hunting whistle, 17th century (?).The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.Report written by: Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Europe, British Museum
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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