Record ID: IOW-626D36
Object type: WIND INSTRUMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver musical wind instrument dating 1724-1725. Treasure case no. 2009 T317 (not Treasure). An incomplete wind instrument made of sheet silver which has been folded to form a truncated cone. The object expands in diameter from the open chamfered mouth-piece towards the end of the object, to which the circular part would have been soldered originally. This circular part has become detached from the rest of the object and was inside the main body when found. The sound-hole is D-shaped in plan. In the lower part of the mouth piece is a soldered sheet silver 'reed' which ex…
Created on: Monday 15th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-308033
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy whistle of probable Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 – AD 1800). Length: 40.0mm; maximum diameter: 14.8mm; minimum diameter: 9.0mm. Weight: 7.16g. The main body of the whistle is made of sheet copper alloy. It has been folded to form a tubular truncated cone-shape and has a longitudinal soldered seam which has sprung slightly along about half of its length. The tube expands in diameter, from the open mouth-piece, where its minimum diameter is 9.0mm, to the opposite closed end, where its maximum diameter is 14.8mm. It has two oval perforations which are known as …
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0E5385
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete copper alloy whistle of probable Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 – c. AD 1800). Length: 36.6mm; maximum diameter: 14.4mm; minimum diameter: 8.9mm; weight: 6.11g. The main body of the whistle is made of sheet copper alloy. It has been folded to form a tubular truncated cone-shape and has an intact longitudinal soldered seam. The tube expands in diameter, from the open mouth-piece, where its minimum diameter is 8.9mm, to the opposite closed end, where its maximum diameter is 14.4mm. It has two oval perforations (sound-holes) which are known as ‘lips’. These are…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-707DF7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-Medieval silver huntsman's whistle, 16th-early 17th century Treasure case no. 2009 T222. This tubular whistle is made of silver sheet and soldered lengthways along an abutting seam. Two twisted silver wire collars, wound around silver hoops, divide the whistle into three sections. However, the two ends (the open end and the mouth-piece) are missing and have ragged breaks. Close to the open end there is a circumferential cabled rib. Mid-way between the rib and the wire collar a scrolled cartouche contains a mark that may be a maker's mark but is unidentifiable due to…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-627796
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible cast lead-alloy whistle of probable post-Medieval date (c. 1600-c. 1800). The main body of the object is in the form of a flask with a cylindrical neck or collar above. The body is circular in cross-section throughout its length. The 'flask' or lower part of the body is bulbous (maximum diameter: 22.7mm) with a rounded base. The upper cylindrical 'neck' is hollow inside and has a length of 17.9mm and an outer diameter of 14.9mm. On the inside of the object there is a solid 'floor' between the 'neck' and the 'flask' which gives the appearance that the 'flask' is solid. Howev…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C637F7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval cast lead-alloy whistle (c. 1700-c. 1800). The main body of the whistle is hollow and tubular in cross-section. It has a semi-circular sound hole at the top. Between the sound hole and the mouth-piece there is an encircling collar and level with the collar there is a vertical baffle with a slim outlet hole at the top. The mouth-piece is convex at the top and concave on the underside to accommodate the lower lip of the player. This separate underside part is secured by solder and has a slim inlet. At the opposite end to the mouth-piece the main body …
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-AD6574
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast lead-alloy 'hawking' whistle (c. 1600-c. 1800 AD). The body of this whistle has been cast in one piece. The main body of the whistle is shaped like a cannon, hollow and tubular in cross-section. The suspension loop is missing. At the loop end it is hemispherical (rounded) in form and has a single step to the shaft. The shaft part tapers towards the circular open end which forms the mouth-piece. In plan, the shaft has concave sides. About mid-way along the length of the shaft there is a semi-circular sound hole and the straight part is closest to the …
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B65D91
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver whistle of Post-Medieval, sixteenth century date (AD 1500 - AD 1600) Length: 28.8mm; weight: 2.03g. Treasure case no. 2007 T472 (disclaimed). The end opposite the mouth-piece is incomplete due to an old break. The surviving part is made of three silver-sheet components which were soldered together. The main component, the tubular body, is misshapen and has a triangular opening (known as the 'lip') at the top and a longitudinal joining seam on the underside which has sprung apart. This seam abuts a fipple which has also sprung apart from the main body along one of …
Created on: Saturday 26th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Shorwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6E5F67
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast tin-alloy post-Medieval whistle (1500-1800). One half of a spherical sound box belonging to a small whistle. It has a circular sound hole and a suspension loop. The outer surface has an elaborate raised floral decoration consisting of lines and pellets. Length:14.9mm; maximum diameter: 17.4mm. Weight: 2.40g. A complete whistle of this type has been recorded from Brewood Parish, Staffordshire. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: WMID-962B30.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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: IOW-46E963
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast lead-alloy hawking whistle (c. 1700-c. 1800 AD). The main body of the whistle is hollow and tubular in cross-section. It has a semi-circular sound-hole at the top and a horizontal baffle can be seen within. The mouth-piece is convex at the top and concave on the underside to accommodate the lower lip of the player. At the opposite end to the mouth-piece there is a substantial collar. Between the mouth-piece and the collar the surface is regularly ribbed as a form of decoration. Beyond the collar the body tapers to a sub-circular suspension loop. This w…
Created on: Sunday 23rd October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D1D9C1
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete sheet silver whistle (c. 1600-c. 1700). Treasure case no. 2013 T36. This sheet silver object was cylindrical in cross-section prior to being misshapen. The closed end is concave and the opposite open end has a straight break. A small loop soldered on to the body secures a free running silver wire attachment loop. Close to the closed end, a square panel on the body is decorated overall with tiny annulet-like stamp marks. The find contains a minimum of 10% silver and predates 1712. It thus qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms o…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Havenstreet and Ashey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0DC634
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval to Modern cast white metal (perhaps pewter or tin) 'hawking' whistle (c. 1700-c. 1850). The main body of the whistle is hollow and tubular in cross-section. It is divided into four sections, a mouth-piece, a central part with a sound hole, a rounded end and an incomplete knop or loop for a lanyard. Three circumferential ribs divide these sections. The lower part which accommodated the lower lip of the player is missing. The mouth piece is semi-circular in plan. This section with the mouth-piece and the rounded end has raised scroll-like decoration. The kn…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8AF4F2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval to Modern tin-alloy (?pewter) 'hawking' whistle (c. 1700-c. 1850). The main body of the whistle is hollow and tubular in cross-section. It is divided into three sections, a mouth-piece with a sound-hole, a body with a rounded end and a pierced knop for a lanyard. A circumferential collar divides the mouth-piece from the rounded end. The mouth-piece is semi-circular in cross-section and the sound-hole is semi-circular in plan. Within the whistle there is a rectangular sheet copper-alloy fipple. This extends downwards from the straight edge of the sound-hole t…
Created on: Sunday 31st March 2013
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8DA113
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead-alloy (pewter) whistle (c. 1500-c. 1800). The whistle is composed of three integral 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 oth…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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: IOW-05D117
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval sheet silver whistle (1600-1700). Treasure case no. 2013 T638. The mouth-piece is semi-circular in cross-section, convex at the top and flat on the underside. Rope-work forms a rim on the convex part and the edge of the underside is cusped. Within the mouth-piece a thin sheet fipple diaphragm is obliquely situated. The flat base of the sound-chamber is semi-circular in plan and its upper part is missing due to breaks. On the underside of the sound-chamber a maker's mark is stamped with initials: 'H B' (possibly). 20.20mm (length); 17.98mm (wi…
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded.