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Description: | An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy whistle, dating late 16th - early 17th century. The whistle has a central tube with aperture which has been squashed shut. The central tube is conical, open at one end and has a closed, rounded end at the other. There are also the remains of decorative elements projecting from each side. These may be the remains of a double-headed bird of prey which flanks both sides. The tube is also decorated with moulded feather motifs and two egg and dart friezes around the top. On the back is the fragment of a ring that was soldered on. This ring may have allowed the whistle to be worn on the finger.A very similar example is published in Egan (2005:124 no. 595) which is a more complete example showing the ring and also the double-headed bird of prey elements. The decoration on the body of the tube is almost identical hence my supposition that the projections would have also been the heads and wings of a bird of prey. That example has a soldering flaw which is not replicated on this whistle. The author suggests that these whistles were intended for children although he notes the diameter of the ring would have also fitted an adult. This example came from a context dated by cloth seals to the late 16th - early 17th century.Dimensions: length: 44.01mm; width: 11.08mm; thickness: 6.28mm; weight: 8.02g.Reference: Egan, G. 2005. Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition. MoLAS Monograph 19. English Heritage: London.
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