WHISTLE 101> Antique Whistles

We now know that whistles have been used for thousands of years. We can imagine from the readings and stories of the times what they looked like.

All photos are Courtesy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme from the London Museum. Their website is located at http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk.

We are including on our site some interesting whistles that they've found in some of their escavations. Some are hundreds of years old!

Here's what some of them look like that were found in Great Britain:

LON-8B61C5

POST MEDIEVAL (Certain),

Circa 1700 AD

Ante 1800 AD

Found: City of Westminster

SUSS-296A24

EARLY POST MEDIEVAL (Probably) to

LATE POST MEDIEVAL (Probably),

Circa 1650 AD

Circa 1850 AD

Found: Beddingham

LEIC-965410

POST MEDIEVAL (Probably),

1500 AD

1700 AD

Found: Peckleton

IOW-954403

Incomplete silver huntsman's whistle of Post Medieval date, probably early sixteenth century.

Found: Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, England

WAW-DC6267

MEDIEVAL (Possibly)

to POST MEDIEVAL (Probably)

Circa 1200 AD

Circa 1700 AD

Found: Warwickshire

NLM-7881F0

POST MEDIEVAL (Certain)

Circa 1600 AD

1700 AD

Found: Barton Upon Humber

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