Cigar Cutter and Whistle
Mechanical Cigar Cutter (No Spring) Closed.
Mid. 1850 to 1860s
Identified using the Zig-zag pattern for block
And the SHEFFIED FIPPLE.
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The whistles of GEORGE DOWLER remained for years unidentified, exept for a single speaking tube whistle,
Which identified and I brought before.
As time passed I gathered few that I atributted to George Dowler.
1852 (That was the year Thomas Dowler Died)
We do not have a lot of info. regrding whistles but we know that 10 years passed before the next mention,
We know from a short paragraph in 1862 about the whistles he made,
“Guard Whistles And Dog Whistles”
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All the whistle are around 50 mm and weigh about 20 g.
their common denominator even though they vary in quality and style is
1) The fipple internal end is of conical shape
(View from window).
2) The loop hole is of a funnel shape, starting large and ending a little bit smaller, on both sides. (Excluding Ex. 1)
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The above whistle is 47.4mm weigs 22g. is made from brass and cast Nickel Silver
Fipple, It was madein the late 1840s to early 50s.
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Example 2 Measures 48mm weighs 24.4g. Nickel Silver.
Example 3 Measures 51mm weighs 23g. Brass.
Made of cast Nickel Silver Measures 51.4 mm Weighs 20g.
in the very early 1860s.
If you check your round pea whistles for these two features and you find one PLEASE send a photo.
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After years of researching 1750-1860, collecting whistles, I hope to bring some of the fruits of my research, This whistle was a special one.
Cast Dog Head, Dog Call Whistle, Steel and Wood With Pea C.1850 Weigh 65 g Lenghs 55 mm
Cast Dog Head, Dog Call Whistle, Steel and Wood C.1850 Weigh 65 g Lenghs 55 mm
In regards to the maker I think it was T. Yates
another one by J. Dixon with a Sheffield Mouthpeice is with a friend.
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By Silversmith Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfeldt
Antique Escargot shape whistle with an embossed elephant, (May had been made to an Indian Raja ?) inlaid with gems Faberge
Whistle Length app. 68 mm Weight 31,6 Russian whistle
The whistle was auctioned with a start price of £2500, whistle museum archive .
(Not a part of our collection)
Three German made Composition Paint Escargot shape whistles.
Under construction
Marine, Naval, Nautical, Navy whistles, Professional whistles
is a huge subject in itself, small none Bosun – Boatswain’s call,
Speaking tube whistles and large steam whistle and more.
Here are some Compostion paint whistles.
Short Forward
A short forward is called for in regards with some terms connected to this
very specific subject of Naval Interest. mostly ESCARGOT type whistles.
German, British , France, USA.
It is an original relatively small theme – sub-category which I would like to put a spotlight on, hopefully I would find out others.
Composition Paint was in used in the later 19th Century to
earlier part of 20th century. The term changed to Anti-Fouling Paints.
wikipedia Anti-fouling paint
Iron Ships Ironclad Warship Maritime Museum
The Companies of Compostion paint were thriving towards the late 19th century, The whistles they ordered and used were all Escargot – Snail shaped -referee – type whistles, ordered with their LOGO Company’s name and / or paint trade mark name. These were used as advertisement and by workers.
(One found exeption is a De Courcy made Round Pea Whistle For a British Paint.
Most were ORDERED by German Companies some naturally from German Makers , Some German companies ordered some whistles from British whistles makers.
There are just about 12 whistles known to me as of now.
Hopefully others will surface. Whistles made in Germany, England, U.S.A
A example for a French company was ordered from Acme whistles Ltd.
after mid 1920s.
GERMAN MADE COMPOSITION PAINT ESCARGOTS
I shall take a look at 6 German ones :
1) Stern Composition logo. The F.A.C Van Der Linder & Co. HAMBURG, Stern composition Paint by Heinrich Zimmerman Leipzig, 1890s early 1900 is of speciaal importance, since it is one of the first to be seen with this Interlocking Teeth
2) Holzapfel Composition paint Propeler Logo
3) Von Hoverling Compostion Paint (Est. 1879)
A closer look at Number one Stern, – Star Logo, Made By Heinrich Zimmerman
C. 1900 Reveals it has 4 Interlocking teeth, Known as Dove-tail or Nut feather in wood working.
3 Teeth to side and one to the beak on each side,
This is important since it appeared over a decade before this type of construction was used by Gotham Metal work, an American Company.
And was unattributed until i discovered this few years back.
Three more German made Escargot type whistles for Composition paint:
4) Th. Höeg Patent, Hamburg
5) Hansa Farben Fabrik with X shape trade mark to side (Based in Kiel)
6) Rhatjen’s Shiffs boden with Red Hand Logo Trade Mark – Shutz marke
(See whistle’s photos on original advertisemnt)
Number 4 Front Stamp
Under construction spotlight on antique Single Note Conical whistles
19th Century Single Note Conical Whistle with a Pea, Brass top & Wooden whistle.
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Henri Kratz-Boussac ( K.B) created the company “Les inventions nouvelles” in 1883. In his catalogue in 1900 are many optical toys (sciopticons, kaleidoscopes etc).
He build a factory for toys in Douville-sur-Andelle in Normandy in 1905. He was also famous for his gun-toys and children cars. As you can see, except for a very few specialised makers, the whistles in France were mostly produced by toys makers or music instruments makers.
American Whistles.
When I discovered the 1rst Bean Police whistle it was great new,
Called by fellow collectors, The ‘Holy Grail’ of American whistle,
It was the first two note Tube type whistle, found, to predate Hudson & Co. of England, and Before I discovered the first two notes tube whistles by Stevens & Sons Model No. 27 from the 1860s .
The original patent was ‘Billy’s Club’ which made it hard to find.
It did not have the tittle call (The term used in the 19th century for professional whistles.
It did ignite the search for more & more variations which showed, still a rare whistle just about a dozen or two in collections,
I found it in Patent search and then in a Pettibone Brothers Chicago Catalog of 1901 along few other earlier catalogs, still the Pettibone Brothers showed a Model number 26 which I was not being able to find .
When a Friend asked me what it is, lately & enclosed the photos, I was glad to see Model Number 426 and that I have the answer.
Took many years to have a clear view of one, It is the 2nd I had seen,
the 2nd top right show the stamp Patent applied for.
It is certainly an unusual design and has two sound chambers.
Pettibone Brothers Catalog page
There were previous other earlier catalogs with model 424 (J.P. Moore and John Lovell But none with 426
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Underconstruction
Merryweather & Sons established 1692 and Shand Mason & Co. were two of the larger retailers of Fire Brigade accoutrements, whistles were just one of the products they retailed, they manufactured others, but our interest is in whistles.
I will bring some of their whistle pages from19th century catalogues.,
and share two very rare whistles identified by using the catalogs.
When I started writing I found many more Fire Brigade whistles
from these catalogues and I share some of mine and some from archive.
Staffordshire Constabulary Button Top Conical whistle type (TNC-Nick Named Beaufort)
(Under construction)
It is important to categorize and define accurate names for whistle types,
Mostly for more common ones, but when it comes to very rare ones it may be of less importance. (The type were previously referred to as Crest top).
The next few observations are about whistles that very few collectors own and lucky are the ones that have one, let alone few. Still they are gems to look at and study.
This newly found one which is very different from all others I had seen
turned my attention to these again*,
The whistle has few unusual features seen only with this one,
It has a great sound with about a whole step apart between the two notes,
Pitch is A & a slightly Flatt B) It measures 60.82 mm in length, the windows are larger then usual, so is the body, and the top bubble has a groove (AKA Crimp ring)
and it is a heavy cast one, As far as I can tell it was made by Dowler
(albeit that top may hint at a work by A. DeCourcy) .
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