A small collection of four silver baby's rattles and whistles, comprising: one by Hilliard and Thomason, Birmingham 1861, baluster form, embossed decoration, with bells and a ring attachment, with a mother-of-pearl handle, plus an Edwardian one by E. Blanckensee, Birmingham 1904, with two bells and an agate handle, one by Crisford and Norris, Birmingham 1924 with a plastic teething ring and mother-of-pearl handle, and a modern one modelled as a bear. (4)