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Description: | A Post Medieval lead alloy incomplete whistle dating c. 1600 - 1800. The spherical sound box and part of the pipe are present; the whistle is broken across the D-shaped perforation in the upper section of the pipe and the mouth-piece is missing. The sound box has a circular sound hole and a suspension loop projecting from the end. There are seams along the sides from the casting and a circumferential rib around the midline. The outer surface has an elaborate raised floral decoration consisting of lines and pellets. The pattern is symmetrical and repeated on both hemispheres.A complete whistle of this type has been recorded from Brewood Parish, Staffordshire, see, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: WMID-962B30 and part of a sound box which is very similar to this example was recorded from the Isle of Wight IOW-6E5F67.Dimensions: length: 28.25mm; diameter: 16.66mm; weight: 6.01g.
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