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In the pages "the whistle of the month", I present whistles for which a special search was made.

There isn't a page each month as I write them when I have time or when I find a good documentation.

Click on the month to go to the whistle page

2003
June 2003 Mortroux 1834. Globular whistle. Mortroux. Creuse(23). France. 1834

A simple signed whistle and a polar story to discover its center and creator...

July 2003 Paris XVIème s. Dog whistle. Paris. France 16th century.

The rich French ceramical production of the Renaissance (16th century) in Paris...

August 2003 Corund 1970 Water whistle. Corund. Romania. 1970's.

Take a few minutes to read this page and you will never more buy a Romanian whistle instead of a "wonderful old American whistle" or "Staffordshire whistle" ...

October 2003 Imari Japon Tubular whistle. Imari. Japon. Late 19th early 20th c.

This crawling baby is a Japanese whistle. Such whistles were perhaps "chopsticks rests"...

November 2003 Puisaye 1970 Globular whistle. Puisaye. France. 1970s

The stoneware production in Puisaye is wellknown for the somptuous glazes but the regional whistles are ignored. This whistle shows a unique shape in the European whistles...

December 2003 Slovénie Globular whistle. Dolenja Vas. Slovenia. Mid 20th s.

A nice Slovenian whistle to wish you a happy new year...

2004
January 2004 Toscane 1900s Bird whistle on a money box. Imprenuta. Toscania. Italy 1900s
This whistle money box is just an example of the extraordinary rich production of whistles in Italy...

February 2004 Bélier Ouzbékistan Ram shaped tubular whistle. Ouba. Ouzbekistan. Années 1970s

The whistles from Central Asia have fantastic shapes. Discover a magical world of ...

March 2004 Siurell Baléares Bull shaped tubular whistle. Baléares. Spain. 1960s

The "siurells" in the Baleares are unique in Europe. The origine of these shapes remains a mystory but reveals its antic origine...

May 2004 Belgique Mons Sifflet à eau en forme d'oiseau. La Louvière. Belgique. 1939.

Les sifflets en terre cuite sont très anciens en Belgique et liés aux fêtes dont la célèbre Ducasse de Mons...

June 2004 Yorkshire 19ème s. Angleterre Bird globular whistle. Yorkshire. England. 19th C.

(in French) The English whistles are rare but the big bird whistles on tree or perches are spectacular ones...

2005
January 2005 Dymkovo début 20ème s. Russie Woman riding a horse. Dymkovo. Russia. Early 20th C.

Dymkovo is one of the famoust center for its clay toys. The whistles have a special and important place in this production...

February 2005 Barcelos Portugal Hen and chicken shaped tubular whistles. Barcelos. Portugal. Mid 20th C.

The whistles in Portugal are full of life. This whistle is a testimony of the production of the old women who made these figurines...

March 2005 Andujar Espagne Rider shaped tubular whistle. Andùjar. Spain. Late 20th c.

(in French) The Spanish whistles have antic origine. This rider whistle has its ancestors in the medieval whistles in Andalucia...

May 2005 Vénézuela Pair of male and female globular whistles . Vénezuela. 1980.

The tradition of giving whistles during the love rites is antic and universal. Those whistles are wedding gifts...

2006
January 2006 Kelsterbach Allemagne Whistling needle case. Kelsterbach porcelain. Germany. Late 18th century.

Apart from the traditional clay whistles, some whistles have been made in porcelain for particular uses like this needle case...

February 2006 Einsielden Suisse Cuckoo. Einsielden. Switzerland. 1st half of 20th c.

The horn shape of this Swiss cuckoo is known from Hungary to Alsace in Europe ...

May 2006 Soufflenheim France Soot whistle. Soufflenheim. Alsace. 1950.

(in French) Blowing is not whistling . The soot whistles were classic tricks until the middle of the 20th century...

November 2006 Ukraine Rider. Ukraine. 1900s.

(in French) The horse and rider shaped Ukainian whistles have their roots in the old Slavic religion...

Janvier 2007 Catalogne Dog on a flat base. Early 20th c.

It's often hard to know from where come the whistles found in Great Britain. The whistle of January shows that after the end of the English folk pottery, many typical English whistles are continental ones. This one was probably made in Spain...