Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) glass lantern slide and if one looks closely

and if one looks closely one can make out the "Pat'd" on one side

with compartments underneath the velvet covered writing slope in which one might keep writing paper as well as tuck a stack of correspondence received

While I can't say for certain that the painting dates to the same period

but I do believe this little piece is quite old--indeed it feels ancient--and quite beautiful

then Roman

Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) glass lantern slide and if one looks closelyThese shuttlecocks, and the cardboard sleeve they came it (which opens at both ends) give me pure delight. First, such a great word is shuttlecock to begin with, and such a great form is the birdie, these with a skirt of white feathers and excellent green trim around the head. Then there is the sleeve, featuring language that amplifies all sorts of associations with the word "shuttlecock", announcing the 'true flight" and "remarkable durability" of