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LOT 2058
Elizabethan Glazed Ceramic Fool's Head Whistle
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (43 grams, 54 mm).
Complete with mouthpiece and sounding hole.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Cf. British Museum, 1856,0701.1584; Hayfield, C. and Hurst, J.G., Pottery fool's head whistles from London and Tattershall, Lincs, in Antiquaries Journal 63 (1983), 380-3; and Jones, M., The Secret Middle Ages, Stroud, 2002, 109 and fig.6.5.
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LOT 2058
Elizabethan Glazed Ceramic Fool's Head Whistle
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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