The quill pen that Admiral Lord Nelson wrote his last, unfinished letter on HMS Victory has sold for £10,000. Two days before the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval hero sat down at his writing ...
On a Friday morning in October, Nancy Floyd sits in a chair in her Charlottesville, Va., studio, examining the 100 or so goose feathers arranged in the glass jars on her work table. She explains that ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Copp family used these quill pens in their home in Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th and 19th century. Quill ...