Unusual is the surviving company logo stamp shown here enhanced. The Novelty Rubber Company (N.R. C°) was an American manufacturing firm founded by Nicholas Williamson in 1853 in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, moving to New Brunswick, New Jersey where it incorporated in 1855 and finally closed in the 1886. The 5/16" long logo is stamped on one side only and is positioned between the rivets. The Novelty Rubber Company manufactured hard rubber items under a Goodyear patent license which expired May 6, 1872. Since this shuttle has no Goodyear patent information stamped in it, it can be dated with confidence to between 1872-1886. Noteworthy is that on p. 199 of India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha In the Civil War Era, ©1999 by Mike Woshner and Mike O'Donnell, one of these shuttles is pictured stating that it was found in a Civil War campsite near Clear Spring, Maryland; an interesting anachronism that could lead to the mistaken assumption that this was a 'Civil War' artifact. A telephone conversation with Mike Woshner on 23 Feb 2000, confirmed his agreement with the above dating for this shuttle.