Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) antique pen nibs I'd guess 1960s-70s or so

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

Quite heavy and very sturdy

and as saturated as if it were painted yesterday

first in England and then New England

Pennsylvania Rubber Co. Feather Shuttlecocks (True Flight, Remarkable Durability!) antique pen nibs I'd guess 1960s-70s or soThese 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