Tudor Bronze Hawking Whistle

16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 in. (32.8 grams, 64 mm).

Formed as a hawk's head with detailing to the beak, eye, and plumage; round-section whistle with sub-triangular air hole. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Gloucestershire, UK.

Literature

Cf. Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Identified: An illustrated guide to metal detecting and archaeological finds, Essex, 2018, p.350, item LVPL-8E9B4F, for a similar object date 1550-1650 (NB. the same object has not been updated on the PAS database, so is still dated 1700-1900).

Footnotes

Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, id. NMS-2201BE for similar.

CONDITION

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