Record ID: BUC-A0C6F1
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval lead-alloy whistle, missing its mouthpiece and with an irregular break at the top of the chamber. The chamber is sub-cylindrical, widening towards the discoidal base, which has two moulded rings above it. Extending from the underside of the chamber, the loop is sub-conical, tapering towards its bottom end, where there is a horizontally perforated sphere.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longwick-cum-Ilmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C5DCDC
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver huntsman's whistle. Silver sheet rolled and soldered to form a tube which tapers very slightly from the open, multiply notched foot to the D-shaped mouth-piece with concave, slightly lipped underside, and triangular aperture on the upper face outlined by a faintly engraved line. There are two encircling triple ribbed bands with faint longitudinal engraved lines of varying length pointing towards the centre of the body, and further lines emanating from the rear of the second band towards the foot. On the underside next to the first band are two scars fro…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: BERK-F72DB5
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete but well preserved lead alloy (pewter) hunting whistle of post-medieval to modern date. The whistle is cast in the form of a dog's head with a wide collar displaying the word 'DOG' on one side. The dog is biting on an iron pin, which presumably would have formed a suspension ring. The dog's face is well rendered however its likeness cannot be assigned to a specific breed although some type of hunting hound seem likely. There is traces of gilding around one eye socket. The front of the whistle has an open tube with curved lip with a (now loose) insert to direct the air th…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
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Record ID: BH-29B66E
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver object, originally described as a bell, now badly crushed. The object is made of two hemispheres soldered with a lip going around circumference. There is a large hole on the circumference. Soldered adjacent to the hole is a separate loop of silver wire, now broken. Similar items with rope twist design around the circumference can be found on the PAS database: SUR-289379 (2016 T217) and SOM-3CE0DB (2015 T27). Further consideration of this object in August 2017 has led to the supposition that it is probably the ball portion of a post-medieval whistle - see DOR-6E2574 (201…
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abbots Langley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-42684A
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-tin or pewter alloy hunting whistle dating to the 18th - 19th century. The terminal of the whistle is in the form of an animal, probably a fox's head. The fox has a long oval snout beneath which is a linear mouth. Either side of the snout are lentoid eyes above which are pronounced and ridged eyebrows. The ears are small and rounded and one has been slightly flattened. The fur of the neck is represented with undulating moulded ridges. At the back of the neck is a circumferential collar and the object straightens with the curved perforation of the sound hole at the t…
Created on: Friday 19th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B8F871
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post medieval whistle dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1650. The tubular whistle is made of silver sheet and soldered lengthways along an abutting seam. Two collars composed of spiralled silver wire divide the whistle into three sections. Threaded through each spiral is a silver wire core. The first section comprises an obliquely angled mouthpiece with a D-shaped aperture. The obverse face exhibits a D-shaped sound-hole. The second section is decorated with a grid of punched squares creating a lattice effect. Upon this background is a zig-zag panel which runs aro…
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-D9AA65
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy (pewter) cuckoo whistle of Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1800). The object is composed of three elements, a mouth piece, a central sound hole and a sound chamber. The mouth piece is tubular and almost parallel but expands slightly at the open end. Between the mouth piece and sound hole there is a narrow collar. The sound hole is a 'D'-shaped aperture and contains a transverse strip forming a baffle. The sound chamber is spherical and has a central prominent collar dividing it equally. The outer hemisphere has two circular holes. One hole is at the apex and the o…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2015
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Record ID: ESS-0038E5
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silver whistle, dating to the Post Medieval period, AD1500-1550. The spherical bouy remains, although slightly dented and is made up of two hemi-spheres separated by a central raised rib, part of which is missing. Each sphere is decorated with a flower head pattern. It is similar to SWYOR-F07E07 on the PAS. A similar tin whistle is at the National Maritime Museum (PT 0457), called a boatswain's call, with six other similar whistles found at the Thames foreshore and now at the Museum of London. The object weighs 6.40 grams, 18.13mm diameter This item is currently b…
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
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Record ID: LON-940779
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy incomplete boatswain's (bosun) whistle, dating to the 17th century. The gun and keel of the whistle remain, the gun being cylindrical and tapering towards the buoy, it is now flattened. The gun is decorated with a cast geometric pattern, near the mouthpiece ring and dot motifs are arranged in a cross pattern and then there a rows of pellets and lines with transverse lines forming borders between the different patterns. The keel consists of a scrolling design decorated with pellets. The buoy is broken and missing. No exact parallels have been found but sim…
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
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Record ID: LON-00A007
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone incomplete whistle of uncertain date. This musical instrument has been made from a long bone that is shaped to have a rectangular cross-section with chamfered corners. At one end the lower edge is cut diagonally creating the mouth piece and there is a D-shaped blow-hole just above. The whistle is broken across the opposite end, there is a surviving double band of circumferential grooves just before the broken edge. At the broken end the shaft of the whistle is infilled with another material. At the mouthpiece there is a fipple, made from a different material. Dimensions…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: IOW-553463
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval lead-alloy (pewter) 'hawking' whistle (c. 1700-c. 1850). Most of the main body including the mouth piece are missing. The surviving part is tubular and circular in cross-section and has a circumferential collar. From the collar the body narrows towards the terminal to form a neck. The terminal is in the form of a suspension loop. At each side of the body a faint casting seam is present. These are on the same alignment as the hole in the loop. This whistle is in poor condition and is grey with buff and off-white corrosion deposits. The break is ol…
Created on: Friday 25th September 2015
Last updated: Sunday 27th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-D1DB56
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval (c.17th Century) copper alloy whistle. Consisting of a hollow cylinder that has been crushed at one end, there is a mouth piece at the undamaged end. There are four rings spaced along the cylinder concealing soldering points, a D hole after the first ring from the mouth piece, the third ring has 4 additional loops attached possibly for the attachment of bells or a hanging chain. The object has a dark olive green colour. Length: 65.4mm, Diameter: 9.95mm, Weight: 16.53g
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2015
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Record ID: LON-E4D4E1
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy incomplete boatswain's (bosun) whistle, dating to the 17th century. The gun and keel of the whistle remain, the gun being cylindrical and tapering towards the buoy. The gun is decorated with a moulded linear pattern spiralling from the buoy, which is no longer present, to the terminus of the keel. A moulded band separates this section from the rest of the whistle. There is some suggestion of further lacing running up the gun of the whistle to the mouth piece. The gun is hexagonal in section and there is a mould line running longitudinally down the length of …
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E7EB06
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast post medieval to Modern tubular copper alloy Whistle dating from AD 1700 - 1950. The whistle has angled cut outs at either end that are 90 degrees to each other, and is corroded at the centre of the body. When the corrosion hole is covered and the whistle is blown it is silent to the human ear, but alerted my dog suggesting it is a recall/control whistle. The Whistle is 45.28mm long, is 8.3mm in diameter and weighs 7.2g.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: LIN-876909
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver fragment of a possible whistle, dating to the period c. AD 1500-1700. The object comprises a circular loop, 11.11mm in diameter. Ther loop travels through a hollow cylindrical projection which protrudes outwards beyond its circumference. The cylinder has been squashed as a result of post depositional damage, and is decorated on its front face with two incised longitudinal lines within which are a series of diagonally incised lines. The top of the cylinder is flat with two circular loops projecting from its edge toward the reverse. Its lower edge terminates in a …
Created on: Friday 27th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: IOW-F14358
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval cast white metal (perhaps pewter or tin) 'hawking' whistle (c. 1700-c. 1900). Most of the main body including the mouth piece are missing. The surviving part is tubular and circular in cross-section and has a circumferential collar. Between the body and terminal there is a similar but smaller collar. The terminal has been damaged and possibly burnt. It may have been pierced to form a suspension loop prior to being damaged. There is no indication of a maker's mark. This whistle is in poor condition and is grey with buff corrosion deposits. The bre…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-036ACA
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead or tin alloy object, now rather corroded, which appears to function as a whistle. The object can be described as bottle-shaped with a cylindrical neck and a short rounded body, though with a pointed base. the neck terminates in a conical cap at the apex of which is a hole now infilled with iron. There is an integral looped projection at the base of the neck and this is angled slightly downwards. Within the loop is held diagonally a narrow tube which is made from another type of metal. The open end of this tube sits just above the clasping loop and there is a D-shaped (?so…
Created on: Tuesday 16th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-2B9BF7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead alloy whistle, probably dating from the 15th-16th century, but possibly later. Only part of the tube survives. It is circular in section and has a rectangular slot along one face. The sides are decorated with moulded patterns; transverse lines and ladder patterns are visible. Projecting form the face opposite the slot are the remains of moulded decoration and a round suspension loop. These elements are very similar to the whistle catalogued as number 216e on page 208 of Spencer, 1998. The whistle fragment is 30.4mm long, 12.7mm wide and 7.8mm thick.…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-52A0BE
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Sefton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast probably pewter alloy whistle of Post-medieval date, circa AD 1750 -1900. The whistle is in the form of a pipe bowl which is sub-conical with a hollow interior and short circular projection extending from the upper surface and terminating in a worn break representing the remains of the stem. The surface of the bowl is decorated with irregularly spaced raised pellets and a faint casting line is present on the longitudinal axis. Similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme data base as SWYOR-1BA6D0, NMGW-D888C6, NCL-754936, SWYOR-81CE24 and…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTHPORT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-0FB50B
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead-tin alloy (pewter) whistle of 18th century date The whistle is incomplete, missing the mouth-piece section (with a surviving length of 26.9mm and a weight of 4.0g). The fragment comprises two joined parts, joined at an expanded sleeve (with a diameter of 13.8mm). The casting seams are clearly discernible on both sections. The D-shaped sound-hole survives and is enhanced with cast decoration comprising a pellet border and floral scrolls. At the terminal is a suspension loop at the end of a slender neck (10.0mm long and 2.4mm minimum diameter). The surface has a …
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd January 2015
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