Shuttlecock Collection

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

Family of pigs at play on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
A page of silhouettes showing various Victorian pastimes and games including archery, croquet, skating and chess

Chinese toy seller and boys playing Jianzi, Qing Dynasty
Chinese itinerant toy seller and boys playing Jianzi by kicking a shuttlecock, Qing Dynasty. The toy man holds a bamboo stick with three small puppets

Sporting girls
insertcaption Date: circa 1920s

Historical views of China. View of the Great Wall of China 25, street scene in a Chinese town with shopkeepers and customers 26, and workers gathering leaves from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis 27

Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese Twins, joined at the chest, playing badminton. circa 1829

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

Medieval game of badminton
Medieval childrens game of badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, 13th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Medieval childrens games: badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, boy with paper windmill, boy flying a butterfly on a string, and boys playing bob-cherry with an apple

Ladies playing badminton in a garden, 1817
Elegant ladies or meveilleuses playing badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime

The game of badminton played in a park, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after Langlume from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette

Merveilleuses playing badminton in a garden
Badminton. Merveilleuse in flimsy dresses play a game of badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime

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

New Year card in the shape of a badminton racquet with shuttlecock and butterfly. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a badminton racquet with shuttlecock and butterfly. Date: circa 1890s

Susi - with badminton racquet and shuttlecock. 1950s

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

Decorated tree on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Three children playing shuttlecock on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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

Japan - Geisha girl holding a badminton racquet (about to hit a ball) Date: circa 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

Eng and Chang, Siamese twins, playing shuttlecock
Eng and Chang (circa 1814-1874), Siamese twins at the age of 18, playing shuttlecock. circa 1832

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

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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