Swifty
doesn't negotiate with terriers
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... Or the ire of whatever cursed beast that old whistle summons! :nails:
... Or the ire of whatever cursed beast that old whistle summons! :nails:
Who else keeps thinking this thread is called 'Scrotal Bell'?
Just me then.
I think I've found out something about the whistle I think it's a post Medieval Tudor Decorated Hawking Whistle. I've just been looking at an almost identical one (albeit in better condition than mine) it was found in Wiltshire and sold for £85 at auction. I'd never sell mine but now I'm excited!
*looks sheepish* Yeah, me too.Not just you at all...
Ha.....first thought...a whistle lolIs this a solid casting, or a curled pressing?
I wonder whether this is something as mundane as a casement latch/bolt-head, or actually a Middle Ages jewelry fragment?
Now you can be a hawk whispererI think I've found out something about the whistle I think it's a post Medieval Tudor Decorated Hawking Whistle. I've just been looking at an almost identical one (albeit in better condition than mine) it was found in Wiltshire and sold for £85 at auction. I'd never sell mine but now I'm excited!
You'll be thinking of the M.R. James "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" story of that name where a bronze whistle is unearthed from a Templar shrine, but the actual title is from the 1793 Burns poem, where it is the ode of the "Lad's" lady-love, and the 'whistle' is to say "the coast is clear"I often wondered about the 'my lad' bit