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whistle

Double-chambered whistling bottle; hemispherical chambers with flat bases, flat-rimmed spout and rectangular platform. Chicken surmounts platform, oriented at right angles to the bridge rather than parallel to it. Vertical mould seams down centre of chamber faces and along underside of bridge; evidence of joining around bridge and spout base on chicken chamber. Well-burnished all over including base. Even black with metallic lustre.

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