WHISTLE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
The whistle is shaped with a bulging middle and narrowed top and bottom. The upper portion has two tiers and ends in a rounded knob with a button on top. The bottom has a cut out for the opening for air. It ends with a collar and a rounded end. It is possibly made from two pieces of bloodstone since there is a gold band around the middle. At the upper end is a gold ring for suspension.
- Object name:
- WHISTLE
- Made from:
- Bloodstone -- gold
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.169
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK: an owl (French import mark issued in 1893) [struck three times on loop]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973