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Culture:English
Title:whistle
Date Made:ca. 1825
Type:Musical Instrument
Materials:ceramic: lead glazed, refined white earthenware (pearlware, china glaze), overglaze red, orange, and green enamels
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire
Measurements:overall: 1 3/8 x 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.; 3.4925 x 1.905 x 4.7625 cm
Accession Number:  HD 59.127
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English pearlware, press-molded whistle in the shape of shape of a hare, decorated in red, yellow, green, and blue. The seated hare has blue dots for eyes, and the whistle area extends from the rear of the hare.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location)

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