Vintage Pen Accessories Dip Pen Inkwell This 1890 Anonymous Dip Pen Inkwell is White Alabaster with inlaid blue border. 4 1/4″ x 7 1/4″ x 5/8″. Inkwell with hinged baked enamel blue and white floral pattern and silver edges. Single pen rest groove in front. A few minor flakes. Item #69 in Catalog #84.
Vintage Pen Aikin-Lambert #2 Capitol Educator This 1918 Aikin-Lambert has an unusual filling mechanism. It is a #2 Capitol Educator Clip-fill (Matchstick-fill) in Black Chased Hard Rubber. Aikin and Lambert, two NYC jewelers, combined around 1965 to make gold pens, introducing fountain pens in the 1880’s. They were bought out by L.E. Waterman in 1915. Here are the filling instructions: “Slide clip down to open end of the cap. Press ball of the clip through …
Vintage Pen Onoto De La Rue Straight Holder This 1909 De La Rue Onoto is a 4 size Straight-holder plunger-fill in BCHR. Early “Patent Pending” model made in the US. De La Rue was founded around 1813, with fountain pen production beginning in 1905 with their “plunger” filling system (while most other pen companies were still selling eyedropper-fill pens). Earliest models, such as this one, were made with both an overfeed and underfeed (the overfeed …
Vintage Pen – Crocker Pneumatic Filler This 1910 Crocker has an unusual filling system! It is a #3 pneumatic-filler in smooth BHR. The filling mechanism was designed for the user to put the bottom of the barrel into their mouth and blow so the air pressure collapsed the bladder. In later years they provided a rubber syringe to use instead of your mouth. Founded 1902 in Boston, made blow-fillers and a locking lever-filled located at the …
Vintage Pen William F Unger This 1905 William F Unger fountain pen is a #2 size eyedropper-fill in Black Chased Hard Rubber. Located in NYC, their trademark was registered on or before 1903 as “Wm. F.N.Y. Utter.” Fine, triple-flexible nib, marked only “14K.” New-old-stock. Mint in very threadbare box. Imprint on box cover is “William F. Utter Fountain Pen Manufacturer. Guaranteed 14K Pen Point. New York, N.Y. U.S.A.” Item #60 in Catalog 84.
Waterman Past and Present – The First Six Generations by Gary Lehrer and Max Davis. Note: Only 26 copies left, then we’re sold out! Regular Hard Cover Edition, Coffee Table Size: 11″ x 8.25″. A comprehensive look at the first 60 years of Waterman Pen Company pens, advertising, and ephemera. With thousands of superb color reproductions, this is the definitive picture book for fountain pen collectors, ink bottle enthusiasts, ephemera lovers, and those interested in …
What’s a demonstrator? Demonstrator pens were pens produced by the factory of the company in question. They were given to salesmen/dealers to be able to demonstrate how a pen worked internally. Sometimes they were clear, or were halved to see the internal mechanism.
This is a 1996 Parker Prototype Duofold Centennial cartridge/converter-fill in Black with rare Brass Overlay with “Grapes on Vine.” Charles Heidsieck Winery (UK) wanted a pen to give to their customers and asked Parker to produce several samples from which they could choose. This is one of the prototypes they did not select. GPT. 18K, fine nib. New-old-stock. Mint. While the date code on the pen is 1987, the prototype is from 1996. Converter included. Item …
Q: Is a prototype more expensive than the actual model of a pen? A: In some cases, the prototype can be. They can be highly desirable, especially in the case of limited edition pens, or if the condition is mint. It depends on the pen, the model, and the market for that particular specimen, of course.
Unusual filling mechanism: #3 Blow-fill in Red Mottled Hard Rubber (very rare). Yes, the user put the pen into his mouth and blew through a hole in the bottom of the barrel to pneumatically depress the bladder. Then, with the nib in the ink bottle, the user released the pneumatic pressure and the ink was drawn into the bladder. Eventually, Crocker supplied a rubber syringe (bulb) which fit over the end of the pen to …
