Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide antique wooden stable I love the radial stitching

I love the radial stitching over the olive green velvet

and while there is a lot of detail on what is technically the front and it is good all the way around

They will stand upright balanced against one another

bright red with white and green spots all over

Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide antique wooden stable I love the radial stitchingFull disclosure I have tried to make this whistle sing, but haven't managed to get a full whistle out of it, though perhaps someone with a better aperture than I could achieve one. Nonetheless, it's a wonderful object beautifully carved form, with a terrific dark dry wood patina. Best of all, pulling out the slide reveals it was notched and carved with the notes of the scale, indicating which note would have been produced by pulling the slide out that