Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) glass lantern slide but I do believe this

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

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

then Roman

If not as an ashtray

Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) glass lantern slide but I do believe thisThese 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