WHISTLE

An incomplete cast copper alloy pipe bowl from a toy whistle, of Post Medieval to Modern dating (1800 to 1900 AD).

The pipe bowl is incomplete, missing parts of the sides. The pipe bowl has a pointed base. The sides of the pipe bowl have been decorated. This decoration comprises a line made of joining arches, running around the bowl at its mid point. Below the line, is a regularly spaced pattern of raised pellets. Above the line, the bowl is smooth, apart from a row of dots placed in the gaps of the line of arches.

The pipe bowl is a dark green colour, with an even surface patina.

It measures 30.55mm tall, 22.17mm wide and 19.47mm thick. The metal is 1.25mm thick. The internal diameter of the bowl is 18.08mm. The internal diameter of the hole for the stem is 4.80mm. It weighs 13.9 grams.

This pipe bowl has been identified by Dr David Higgins as belonging to a toy whistle, of Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century dating, possibly of German origin. More information on these toy whistles is available in a back issue of the Newsletter published for the Society of Clay Pipe Research (Higgins, 2009, 43-46).

Reference:
Higgins, D. 2009 Metal Pipes and Toy Whistles. Society for Clay Pipe Research Newsletter. 76. p43-46.