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Post-Medieval silver gilt whistle
Small whistle or call made of silver sheet, which has been gilded. It's small size suggests a possible use as a dress accessory or even a hawking whistle. The object is complete and has a short narrow tubular gun, a moulded mouthpiece and another moulding towards the buoy, both with fine central grooves. The plain spherical buoy has a single rib moulding around the circumference, also with a central groove. A short, plain 'keel' beneath the gun runs up to a small plain suspension or attachment ring on its underside. There is no maker's mark or decoration.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2019.2H
Find Information
Site Name: Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2013 / May
Measurements
length / mm:32.7 (overall)
diameter / mm:11.6 (buoy)
length / mm:20.03 (gun)
diameter / mm:2.2 (gun)
diameter / mm:4.45 (moulding)
diameter / mm:4.6 (mouthpiece)
weight / g:3.1
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