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Monday 19 September 2016 | 10:00 | Lots: 554

Lot 496

A mid-Victorian silver Bosun whistle.

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Lot 496

Lot Description

A mid-Victorian silver Bosun whistle, having foliate and thistle engraving to the keel and crowned anchors to either end of the barrel. Hallmarked Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham 1862. Length measures 5 1/2 inches (14 cm), gross weight 18 grams.

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The whistle displays general wear and tarnishing in keeping with the age and use. Surface marks and scratches and a some minor surface dints/bumps. Seam line visible to the barrel and an area of heavier scratched or filed marks. Residues of sticker to vacant cartouche. Hallmarks are a little rubbed but still clearly legible. Also some scratched numbers above the maker's mark.

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