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whistle

Double-chambered bottle; tall spout and flat rectangular bridge. Small bird figure surmounts bridge; incised semi-circular patterning around spout base. Vertical mould seams down sides of chambers, so two mould-sets used; bridge and bird added incorporating whistle. Well-burnished; black.

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