Product Description
Type Modern cartridge/converter filling fountain pen with hand-painted barrel.
Product Name Sonnet - Mark 1 (Mark 2 came out in 2003)
Manufacturer and Year Parker, France -- 1993 (The date code is a clear L which indicated 1993 or 2003, but the design was discontinued in 1998).
Length 5-1/4"
Filling System Fills via Parker style cartridges or with a converter. A Parker piston converter is installed.
Color This gold and really dark brown mottled finish was called "Chinese Laque Vision Fonce." The trim is 23k gold plated.
Nib MEDIUM 18k nib is very smooth with lovely tipping. It flexes a bit and offers some line variation. The two tone nib has a feed labeled M. Please see the writing sample below.
Condition Near mint condition. It has some polishing marks on the trim. There's no scratches, dents, or chips. The lacquer is unblemished and the imprints are clear. There is not one of the Chinese Laque pens with Chinese writing on the cap. There isn't any evidence that it ever had that writing.