DUCK! GOOSE? Pheasant? BIRD!

[chukers]

This is unique... I think... Its pewter... Its some kind of bird... thats all I know

Chukers

Oh and its hollow!

 

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[timekiller]

Bird whistle.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[chukers]

Bird whistle.
Take Care,
Pete,

oh WOW! I wasn't even thinking that... I was thinking an inkwell!

Nice ID!

 

[ohioaxeman]

WOW. only took 10 minutes to identify it! Does it still work?

 

[chukers]

WOW. only took 10 minutes to identify it! Does it still work?

the whistle part is missing... but other than that its in great shape... I think its a pheasant... I have seen ones on ebay of a peigon and quail... some places are calling them toys...

now I am wondering of they are toys or real bird callers... and of course how old are they?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE...702?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a644912c6

Chukers

P.S. I bet a whistle part could be made easily... now that I think about it they must be toys... how could they make different sounds with the same whistle part.

 

[Tn Gizmo]

They were toys (lead!!! how did we survive) I may be wrong but I believe water was put in the "bowl" part beneath the bird and it would make a warbling sound.

 

[timekiller]

Yours looks like a desert Quail. Some I think date back to victorian era.
Take Care,
Pete,