Record ID: NCL-E5B597
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver huntsman's whistle of 16th century date. The whistle has been cut from silver sheet, rolled and soldered together. The whistle has three distinct elements: the mouthpiece, the body, and the open end. These are separated by discoidal collars soldered on to the body. These collars were made by a length of silver wire through smaller silver wire hoops. clearly visible due to damage in one section of the collar near the open end. The mouthpiece is incomplete, having lost most of its silver tubing in antiquity. The body is decorated with a rose/flower circumscribed by a square wit…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-5396A6
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - early Post Medieval pottery fragment from a Low Countries white ware bird-shaped whistle dating 15th - 16th century. The fragment includes the mouth-piece of the whistle which may have also formed the tail of the bird. The fabric is buff-coloured with a pale lemon glaze. Part of the vessel wall remains around the mouth-piece tube which would have been applied to the vessel. The mouth-piece tube is curved and has a notch cut in the upper surface. Dimensions: length: 40.20mm; diameter: 12.37mm; weight: 7.76 g. Identified by Roy Stephenson Medieval and Post Me…
Created on: Monday 8th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-736C82
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2009 T399 Description: Silver whistle, made of thin silver sheet, well-shaped mouthpiece, square opening, tapering to the end which has been broken off. Along the length of the whistle, five projecting flanges, in silver, these with traces of gilding. Dimensions: Length: 57.40mm, Width at mouthpiece: 9.21mm, Width at widest point, including decoration: 15.81mm, Weight: 6.12g Discussion: Date uncertain, but the unusual flanges suggest possibly 16th century date. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glanvilles Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-851A94
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a hawker's whistle. Cast copper alloy. Possible late medieval. Conical shape, broken horizontaly across the upper edge of the rectangular hole. Suspension loop attached seperately and stepped slightly before the main body of the whistle. The suspension hole is 4mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B284C7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy musical instrument; a whistle or other similar pipe like instrument. 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. Half way between this end and the broken end is an incised line round the pipe, presumably decorative. The far end is broken, and there is damage on the lower part of the pipe. It is 66.07mm in length, 10.1mm in diameter, and weighs 15.59g. Very few copper alloy whistles have been recorded on the database. Some o…
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-E12DD7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete 16th -17th century silver huntsman's whistle. This whistle is cut from silver sheet and soldered; it is cylindrical in shape. Two triple stranded wire collars divide the whistle into three sections; of which only the central section survives. This central section is undecorated and has a circular suspension loop soldered onto its underside one end. Fragments of the terminal sections of the whistle survive and are distorted, one of these fragments is flaring in width and therefore more likely to be the mouthpiece end of the whistle.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrough Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-EFB007
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a fragment from the middle of a child's toy whistle, and probably of late medieval to early post-medieval date. There is no exact parallel, but it would work well with the foliate motif at top (as blown) and the openwork saltire-in-circle tab at the bottom, through which a cord to secure it around the neck could be set. The lead artefact consists of a hollow cylindrical shaft that narrows, particularly internally, to one end and is flanked on either side by asymmetrical open work. On one side of the shaft the open work decoration is symmetrical to itself and has a length of 2…
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-6E8033
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
18th-19th Century. Lead-tin or pewter alloy, cast, probable hunting whistle. Length 47.5mm, Width 18.7mm, Thickness 13.8mm, Diameter 18.7mm, Weight 22.8mm. Virtually complete, fair sized whistle - used for sounding a warning, attracting attention or signalling, especially hawking although this one has the unusual moulded decoration of a fox or hunting hound design at the terminal. Otherwise plain at the mouthpiece end other than the 'D' shaped sound hole and two transverse bands. The suspension loop is broken and unusually under the moulded head rather than in the usual position at the…
Created on: Sunday 8th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-8600D2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy hawking whistle. The whistle consists of a horizontal cylinder with angled mouthpiece and cut out sound hole. At its inner end, this cylinder curves downwards, extending into a near-vertical handle. Above this handle, and facing in the opposite direction to the whistle cylinder, is a moulding in the form of an outward-facing bird's head. Feathers are depicted at the inner end of the head, where there are also two eyes in the form of punched rings and a backward-pointing crest. The beak curves downwards at the outer end of the head, its upper and lower s…
Created on: Monday 9th November 2009
Last updated: Saturday 2nd November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT3333
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy cast whistle (possibly a hawking whistle) in the shape of an exotic bird head. Slight damage, with one end broken.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SURREY LINGFIELD AND DORMANSLAND', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: RAH1541
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cannon shaped with an expanded body.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2000
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE BLISWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2163
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The whistle is cylindrical with a tapered terminal forming a semi-circle in section. This is the mouth piece. The opposite terminal is dome-shaped with a small knop at the apex. On the upper face of the whistle is a semi-circular hole.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP3697
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Three-piece sheet silver whistle. Cylindrical body with loop soldered onto lower surface. One end broken. No decoration or markings.
Created on: Thursday 17th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-36D8C5
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ‘hawking’ whistle of probable post medieval or very early modern date (1500 – 1800). The whistle is irregular (broadly cylindrical) in plan and circular in cross section. It has been badly corroded and has also been abraded by movement in the ploughsoil. The mouth of the whistle is slight tapered and there is an oval (tear-drop shaped) opening just beneath the mouth. The base of the whistle is open and tapered towards the base. The body is decorated with a series of incised turned lines which decorate the middle of the whistle and the base. The whistle also expa…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1E0445
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Walsall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy possible dog’s head hawking whistle terminal, dating to the Medieval period, probably between AD 1200 – 1500 (length: 29.5mm; width: 21mm; thickness: 14mm; weight: 25.0g). The dog’s head terminal is sub-triangular in plan with a hollow circular socket at one end (outer diameter: 14mm; inner diameter: 11.5mm), which continues and tapers downwards inside the artefact’s length. To either side of the socket mouth (left and right), the dog’s sub-triangular ears are depicted flat against the side of the artefact and point downwards. The top of the dogâ…
Created on: Friday 27th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-1956C1
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post medieval whistle, 42.53mm in length and 10.33mm in width. U-shaped with a circular cross-section one terminal has a circumferencial groove and is filled with corroded iron, presumably deriving from the another object it was attached to. The outer face of this terminal also has a moulded foliate design. The whistle then bends abruptly and the second terminal has an open end with a seperate piece of possibly bone filling three quarters of it leaving a small space through which air could be blown. Behind this it a V-shaped notch and below it a decorative d…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9662A2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy (pewter?) whistle in the form of a pipe bowl, dating from 1750 -1900. The bowl is damaged with the entire rim missing. It is cast and there are projecting blobs along the casting spur. The bowl is long and oval and sits relatively vertically. There is a short rounded spur on the heel instead of a flat platform which suggests a date later than 1600 (Ayto, 2002, Shire Album 37: Clay tobacco pipes). The stem has broken off. There is some decoration near the stem in the form of a row of arches in relief. The pipe bowl is 34.3mm high, measures 24.6mm from the broken end…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Record ID: LON-8B61C5
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy whistle of Post medieval date, possibly dating from the 18th century. The whistle has a wide collar, which is decorated with a ring and dot design. There is a supension loop at the top of the whistle, with a circular hole. The end of the whistle is rounded, the body of the whistle has a cresent shaped hole; below this there is raised lozenge shape, with cross hatching inside, at each side of this it is decorated with raised scoll decoration. At the bottom of of the whistle, the mouth end it has raised dots around the edge, as does the whistle hole.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-6F4D01
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy whistle. The whistle is cylindrical with a domed end cap above a ridged band. This may have terminated in a knop, now missing. There is a semi-circular opening in the side and the whistle curves inwards to form a mouthpiece with a squared end.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amersham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-7AA172
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ‘hawking’ whistle of probable post medieval or very early modern date (1500 – 1800). The whistle is irregular (broadly conical) in plan and sub-circular in cross section. It is formed from three elements; the conical shaped body, a circular end plate, and an iron ball (pea) contained within the whistle. The outer body of the whistle has an irregular shaped terminal; which is rectangular with rounded edges in shape. This terminal is knop like and then expands into the conical shaped body. The body is decorated with four cast lines that run around the entire edge …
Created on: Friday 14th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenlock Area', grid reference and parish protected.