Vintage Dip Pen Figural Desk Set This 1900 Anonymous Dip Pen Figural Desk Set measures 10″ x 5″ x 3/4″ with a grey marble base with beveled front edge and one pen storage groove. The base is adorned with a large figural bird sitting on a tree trunk and an inkwell with a hinged top and porcelain insert. The bird figure and inkwell may be bronze (I don’t know for sure – I can tell …
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.
Vintage Pen Waterman Duo 7 Glass Cartridge This vintage pen is a 1953 Waterman 953 Duo 7 Glass-Cartridge-filler in Black. Gold-filled cap in alternating pinstripe and plain panels. Writes on both sides of the 18K nib: medium/broad (normal), fine (upside-down). “Keyhole” vent. New-old-stock. Mint with original chalk mark on barrel, showing the price at 7900 Francs. (2) glass cartridge included, one clean and the other with ink residue. Can be filled with a syringe. Item #56 in …
Vintage Pen Montblanc 149 Celluloid This vintage pen is a 1955 Meisterstück 149 piston-filler in Celluloid. This was an early production model, while Montblanc pens were still being hand made by master machinists (prior to the introduction of injection molded ‘Precious Resin’). Outer two cap bands are sterling silver, otherwise gold-filled trim. Visualated barrel window with perfect vertical lines. Three-tone 18C nib, rarer than 14C. Even rarer is that this one is medium, FLEXIBLE. Near …
Vintage Pen Waterman 12 Chatelaine Ring Top This extraordinary vintage pen is a 1901 Waterman 12 eyedropper-fill Chatelaine ring-top in Black Hard Rubber. Very rare, early and short lived model with a long barrel, designed to be comfortable to hold while the cap is still hanging from the watch chain or chatelaine. Also with the very rare extremely thin barrel threads and extra-long gripping section. GFT, including the wide repousse barrel and cap-top bands. The …
Vintage Pen Zerollo Dunhill Two Pen These extraordinary vintage pens are “Two Pen” models – they are matchstick-fillers in black smooth hard rubber. Item #17 in Catalog #84 is a 1932 Zerollo/Dunhill “Two Pen”. Dunhill had a marketing agreement with Zerollo for the English speaking market (there was also a marketing agreement in France with the “Unic” Company). Clip and both nibs each signed “Dunhill.” This pen was produced in two sizes, both of which are …
