In one lived in a drafty room, house, having a full feather would subject your writing to draft air movement.but Hollywood is so wrong about so many things. I think somewhere in antique days, the pounce shaker was miss labeled the sand shaker.īack when your writing set of ink well and 'sand' shaker was normal, your quill was stripped of feather up to a small fluff on top to brush sand/pounce off the piece of paper.
Sand if and when it was used was to keep the ink from smearing the next sheet of paper laid on top of it.
