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Small and stylized earthenware bird whistle with a round, flat open top with pointed beak and a long, straight whistle spout; it is covered with yellow glaze with an unglazed mouthpiece.
miniatures (toys)
whistles
earthenware
glazing (coating)
lead glaze
throwing (pottery technique)
Device, Sound Signaling
Whistle
Thrown
Earthenware
Whistle
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3 x 3 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.828
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