Record ID: NLM-7881F0
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver sheet huntsman's whistle. The whistle is tapering in form and the widest end is broken and flattened. The slit on the top of the whistle is intact and there is an attached loop on the bottom. A maker's mark appears on the top of the whistle, perhaps DL in a shaped shield. The owner's initials underneath the mouthpiece are illegible. The whistle is probably 17th century and has parallels with a similar whistle in the Treasure Annual Report 1998-9, no.242 from West Sussex. The length is 30.78mm and the width is 13.6mm.
Created on: Friday 16th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-DC6267
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The whistle is made from a cast tube of copper alloy. Towards one terminal is a semi-circular hole which is obliquely angled in profile to provide a lip which would give the whistle's sound. The surface of the whistle is corroded and encrusted, with small areas of a mid green patina. It is 31.1mm in length, 7.2mm in diameter, and weighs 3.92g. No parallel has been found for a copper alloy whistle of this type, but bone whistles of similar size and shape are illustrated in Margeson 1993 and Egan 1998. These are dated broadly to the medieval to post-medieval periods, 13th to 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-A792B2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast pewter whistle dating to the medieval period. Small whistle, main part of body formed of a tube with panels of cross-hatched and plain lozenges and a central row of dots on the front. At one end the mouthpiece extends and the other is incomplete shaft terminal. Part of a possible suspension loop extends from the underside of the body.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2004
Last updated: Friday 25th June 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DEV-BD3CF4
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2005 T22: Acquired by South Molton and District Museum after being declared treasure. Description: Silver whistle cut from sheet and shaped into a tapering form. It has two applied transverse fillets at the widest end (the mouthpiece) and at the opposite end, which is damaged. At this point, there may have been a hollow cast sphere, with a 'pea' inside. An elaborate swag or garland of cast silver is soldered at three points and the whistle is surmounted by a punched Lombardic 'A'. Discussion: A similar whistle is part of the collections of the Somerset County Museu…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Furzebray', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-9FCC72
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a hollow object, oval in section and with tapering sides. Each 'narrow' side has a pair of projections with different sizes and positions on either side. Each 'wide' side has a panel of cast decoration which contains lettering on a background of parallel lines. The surviving end of each panel has a trifoliate spray. Around each panel is a frame infilled with diagonal lines. The form and meaning of the lettering in both panels is unclear. One side may begin SIT[...] and the other appears to end in a back-to-front R. Encircling the open original end of the object is a band…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-965410
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver whistle? 29mm long and 21mm wide. The object is very squashed but the silver is in good condition. It consists of a hollow sphere which has a prounounced ridge, 3mm wide and 2mm deep, decorated with deep notches running around it. There is a small solid shaft,12mm long, protruding from the object on the same axis as the ridge which has a small triangular protrusion near to the base. Below this is a curving sheet of silver which may have formed the hollow shaft? Below this is half of an oval shaped hole. The object is similar to a tudor hunting whistle, though this …
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-891EF2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy whistle of Post Medieval date, probably eighteenth century (AD 1700 – AD 1800). Length 67mmm, maximum diameter 16.5mm. Weight 10.05g. The whistle has been designed to resemble a cannon. The closed end of the whistle is cast and is composed of a base ring, a cascabel and a button. The button is elongated and has a transverse perforation which is 2.2mm in diameter. This perforation allowed the whistle to be suspended. Viewing the cascabel from the button end, it is decorated with a circle of repetitive tendril motifs. The base ring has beaded decoration around …
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-896262
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy whistle of Post Medieval date (AD 1500 – AD 1800). Length 49mm, diameter 5mm. Weight 3.92g. The weight includes some soil. The fragment is part of a decorated “hawking whistle”. It has been made from a single piece of sheet copper alloy which has been folded and joined by solder to form a hollow tube which is sub-circular in cross-section. The sheet has been thoughtfully cut so that the continuity of the decoration is not interrupted by the soldered seam which is clearly visible on the underside. The surface is decorated with three equally spaced longi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-296A24
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead hawking whistle, probably post-medieval in date (circa 1650-1850). The whistle is cone shaped, tapering outwards from the open end. The open end of the whistle would have been the mouth piece. By looking inside the whistle one can see that the whistle is only hollow until about half of the way down the interior of the body of the whistle. There is a sheet of lead, dividing this space into two. Either side of this are the sound two holes, which would have allowed the air and therefore sound to pass down the whistle and out through these holes which are visible on the exterio…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D15C85
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead object, probably a whistle. The object has 3 projecting hollow tubes at one end, each with a hole in their top and end.
Created on: Friday 30th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epping Forest', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-F94AF5
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn whistle probably cast in pewter of probable post-medieval in date. The whistle is the shape of a frustum, or truncated cone, tapering outwards from the original open end. This latter would have been the mouthpiece. By looking inside one can see that the whistle is only hollow until about half of the way down the interior of the body of the whistle. Beyond this is a sheet of metal which divides the internal space into two. Central on either side of the exterior are two holes, one of which is abraded. The holes would have allowed the air to pass down the whistle and regulate…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMGW-D051F5
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy whistle of 19th century date, missing the internal ball.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: PAS-B60766
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Silver whistle of tapering form with two suspension loops and ring remaining. Cut from silver sheet, with applied cabled bands around the body. Partially crushed and broken into two pieces. Note: For a similar example see Treasure Annual Report 1998-99, no. 242.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doncaster area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-159973
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy or pewter hawking whistle of Post medieval date, possibly dating from the 18th century. The whistle is cast in the form of a dog’s head with a wide collar decorated with a ring and dot design. The dog is biting on an iron pin, which presumably would have formed a suspension ring.
Created on: Monday 6th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-1DA790
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery whistle. Fine oxidized fabric with traces of lead glaze with one copper spot. 42mm long, diameter 11mm, widening slightly to 11 - 13mm at end (irregular in shape). Weight 7.4g. Central hole off-centre, 5mm diameter with three 'radiating' impressed lines. Sound-hole 23mm from end, 9 x 3mm. Mouth hole 4 x 2 mm. Produces a high pitched sound. Late medieval to post-medieval.
Created on: Monday 24th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyng', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-716F17
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead-alloy whistle in the shape of a pipe bowl, probably late 19th century in date. The pipe bowl is similar to clay pipe examples and is decorated with moulded decoration consisting of joined semicircles and small raised knops. The base of the bowl ends in a pointed spike. Casting flashes are prominent on both sides. Iron corrosion is evident on the rim, suggesting an iron collar. The beginning of the stem is intact, and it is unclear if the stem was also made of a lead alloy, ceramic or other material. See NARC-6E7E81 for a similar example. Further information on this artefa…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS1455
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
PM Ae whistle, corroded, cast tubular with broad collar at flat end with slot, rectangular perforation on top, transverse moulding with three ribs on body and at terminal with remains of broken loop, length (at least) 39mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CORTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-954403
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver huntsman's whistle of Post Medieval date, probably early sixteenth century. Length 65.5mm. Weight 9.11g. The weight includes soil within the body of the whistle. The whistle, cut from silver sheet, is folded and joined along the underside with a soldered seam. It increases in diameter from the mouth-piece, where it is 7mm in diameter, to the open end where the diameter is 9.5mm. Two collars composed of spiralled silver wire divide the whistle into three sections. Threaded through each spiral is a silver wire core of the same size as the spirals. The first section …
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2005
Last updated: Friday 4th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-C169F3
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy toy whistle dating to the medieval period. The whistle is almost complete, and has a rounded hollow end which leads to the blow pipe which has open work decoration above it and a circular supension loop.
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broken Wharf', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-77ADF7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a small lead figurine of a cockerel standing 36mm high, cast in the round from a two-piece mould. Its tail is typically displayed, and from its lower hind quarters there proceeds a hollow tube of lead which is circular or ovate in section. The cockerel's feet stand on a rounded base, part of which is broken away to reveal that the whole casting is hollow, and was perhaps once stoppered below the base. The pipe or tube described above is half-round hollow (in the upper half) but filled with lead in the lower or under part of the tube. The cockerel's body surface is covered with …
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.