DepartmentEurope

Whistle with birds

NameWhistle

Artist Artist not recorded

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1800

Place collectedPinner, Middlesex, England, Europe

(not assigned)United Kingdom, Northwestern Europe, Europe

Place madeRipon district, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom, England, Europe

MediumYorkshire slipware, earthenware clay

Credit LineGift of Florence Dibell Bartlett

Object numberA.1953.26.7

Collections

The Florence Dibell Bartlett Collection

DescriptionA terracotta colored ceramic whistle in the shape of two birds in a double handle vase with a flower. Yorkshire slipware refers to a type of decorated earthenware pottery made in the Yorkshire region of England. "Slipware" means it was decorated with "slip"—a liquid mixture of clay and water that can be trailed, painted, or poured on the surface.