Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide antique wooden stable The design of the lid

The design of the lid features Chrysanthemums (symbolizing the sun

bright red with white and green spots all over

the pattern here looks to me like it might have been made with the end of an old skeleton key but I'm not sure

) I've got a lot of love for 19th c

Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide antique wooden stable The design of the lidFull 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