Record ID: CORN-B79267
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast tin alloy hawking whistle, cylindrical in profile and circular in section, with two raised ribs which run around the circumference of the barrel of the whistle, on either side of the semi-circular sounding hole, which has since broken to form a larger aperture. The upper end of the whistle tapers towards the neck and then expands into a spherical suspension loop that has a drilled circular hole which would have taken the lanyard or cord to suspend the whistle. At the opposite end, the mouthpiece of the whistle is also broken so that it is open and the 'baffle' is loose…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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