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A small Dixon&Sons round pewter whistle from the 1880s. The fipple is made of cocoa wood that is flat and not curved a positive indicator of a Dixon whistle. This one is stamped Dixon&Sons.
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Posted 8 years ago
Whistlecol…
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A small Dixon&Sons round pewter whistle from the 1880s. The fipple is made of cocoa wood that is flat and not curved a positive indicator of a Dixon whistle. This one is stamped Dixon&Sons.
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Does it have a pea?
Dixon (& Sons) were very diversified and in business "forevera". Powder & shot flask back to the early 1800's.
It does have a spherical (pea) or ball. It can be just seen in the pic its quite big for the size of the whistle
"Fipple" ! I like that. May I use it ? I'll have to work that word into my auctioneer routine .
Haha its also the mouthpiece of a recorder or wind instrument.
You would never guess the meaning by hearing or seeing it, but it opens the imagination . LOL !
Some whistles are pea-less.
The opposite end to a "Fipple" is a ballish top, with a hole running through it to have a loop for hanging,
is called a Knop.
Which came 1st, the fipple or the knop ?
the fipple