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Description: | A fragment of a silver whistle.The circular chamber from the end of the whistle only. It comprises two hemispheres with flanged edges which have been soldered together.The hemipheres are dented. At one side is an oval aperture where the main body of the whistle would have been attached. Next to this is the stub of the missing s-shaped wire handle.The form is that of a Boatswains's whistle, used for signalling on ships.Date: Post- Medieval - 16th to 17th centuryReference: PATAR 2007, p 146, No. 337
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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