Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide vintage puzzle with different arrangements of birds

with different arrangements of birds

it's an oversized match striker

plus one unglazed band on the lid that is just the right thing

Each panel features collaged images cut from cigarette labels

might suggest

Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide vintage puzzle with different arrangements of birdsFull 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