Quills Collection

Porcupine (Bewick)
histrix cristata Bewick says that the quills are a defensive rather than offensive weapon, but are nonetheless very effective. This was drawn from life

Santa Claus by Charles Robinson
Illustration of Santa Claus reading his Book of Good and Bad Children by candlelight, surrounded by toy dolls. Date: 1906

Ladies hats 1919
Hats for 1919, a charming trilby style hat obtained in a variety of shades, woman on the right wearing a wide brim hat with two argus quills round the crown. Date: 1919

C18 Weavers
A profile of the weavers loom : the spooler beside him is winding the skein of the woof onto quills Date: circa 1730

A woman looking into a makeup mirror. A letter and quill lie beside it

Feathers from partridge cochin hens: longer secondary quill; solid hackle-feather; pencilled hackle-feather; centre of breast; flat of the wing; centre of back; centre of cushion; shorter secondary

PORCUPINE
Rodent quadruped of the hystericidae family. Its erectile spines, or quills, are a protective device of great effectiveness

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