Battledore Collection

Battledore & shuttlecock by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two little girls play battledore and shuttlecock, or badminton on a fine summers day

Young Girl in a white dress holding a small racquet and ball
Cabinet Photograph of a young girl in a white dress holding a small racquet and ball Date: circa 1890s

Beauty of Japan's Textiles - the young woman on the left, holding a battledore, is in formal New Year's Day dress. The one on the right is in a homongi, a costume suitable for paying visits

The Cresta Run - a repair party at work
Workmen busy tuning up what is one of the most famous toboggan runs in the world - the Cresta Run in St. Moritz - at Battledore and Shuttlecock, two well known turns. Date: 1924

Children playing badminton on a greetings card - May the shuttlecock of life be always tossed by gentle hands! Date: circa 1900s

GIRL WITH SHUTTLECOCK
A young girl in a yellow dress holding a battledore and shuttlecock. Date: circa 1880

Japanese Battledore
A Japanese mother plays battledore and shuttlecock with her children. Date: 19th century

3 LADIES PLAY BATTLEDORE 1871
Three genteel ladies play a game of battledore and shuttlecock in the garden. Date: 1871

Circa 1805 - Battledore
Four ladies enjoy a game of battledore and shuttlecock during a leisurely picnic in some gardens. Date: circa 1805

4 LADIES PLAY BATTLEDORE
Four ladies enjoy a game of battledore and shuttlecock indoors. Date: 1891

Battledore and Shuttle
Two young ladies play, wearing their elegant toilettes de campagne (dress for the country) Date: 1830

Cuckoo Clock
Three children break off from their game of battledore and shuttlecock to admire the cuckoo clock Date: circa 1880

Battledore
Two people playing battledore (an early badminton) using smaller rackets and a Shuttlecock. Date: 15th Century

Battledore for the Dolls
A little girls shows her dolls how many times she can keep up a shuttlecock. Date: 1920

Medieval man and woman playing a game of battledore.. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnands Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell, London

Blue-crowned racquet tail, Prioniturus discurus.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh

Battledore
From a postcard series of games and pastimes. Date: 1904

Girl and boy playing shuttlecock and battledore

Three little girls in straw bonnets on a village green, with a shuttlecock and battledore, a skipping rope and a ball. Their names are Polly, Peg and Poppety. first published 1879

H Miller. Battledore & shuttlecock
Children playing battledore and shuttlecock in a field. 20th century

Battledore at Picnic C18
Two ladies enjoy a game during a leisurely picnic in some gardens. Date: 18th century

Little girls playing shuttlecock
Little girls hit their shuttlecocks high into the air, but gravity always wins... first published 1879

Girls Plays Battledore
A young girl in a floral dress poses with a battledore and shuttlecock in her hands

Girls Play Battledore
Two girls playing in a garden

Racial / Japan / Children
A Japanese mother plays battledore and shuttlecock with her children

Girls Play Battledore
Three girls play battledore and shuttlecock in a summer garden (picture includes text below)

Children Play Battledore
An elegantly attired boy and girl play battledore and shuttlecock

Battledore Fashion Plate
Short coloured skirts showing embroidered scallop edged petticoats, white blouses with imbecile sleeves & embroidered yokes & tuckers, floral aprons with pockets & black braces

Children / Nursery Clock
Three children in the nursery break off from their game of battledore and shuttlecock to admire the cuckoo clock

Tea Party / Greenaway
Thin faced little girls in mob caps partake of cake & tea seated on rush chairs. A racquet & shuttlecock have momentarily been abandoned for the sake of refreshment

Foot Shuttlecock
In China, the game of shuttlecock is played with the feet rather than with a handheld battledore

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