Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) antique pen nibs wild mustard

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first in England and then New England

which make it easy to imagine the artist standing in this particular spot

I'd guess 1960s-70s or so on the beads

religion and politics

Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) antique pen nibs wild mustardThese 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