Product Description
Type dip pen holder with nib
Product Name Model name unknown
Manufacturer and Year USA -- Late 1800s or early 1900s. The holder is unmarked, but the nib was made by Elmwood.
Length 6" with nib installed.
Filling System Dip pen and holder with no ink reservoir. You dip the nib into ink and write.
Color Pearlescent handle. It tapers towards the end and has a patterned gold filled gripping portion.
Nib Extra Fine Flexible Elmwood Pen Co. nib. It isn't marked as such, but we are confident that it is a gold nib. The tipping looks nice and the tines are extra soft. See the writing sample below. The nib is so soft that even when "unflexed" the tines still separated. We used dip pen ink for the writing sample. Fountain pen ink was too thin to properly show off the line variation the nib is capable of.
Condition Excellent + condition. The handle looks great with no chips. There are some marks towards the narrower part of the handle that look like grime. There is a little brassing on the gold filled portions of the holder. It is primarily on the underside of the nib holder and as a line that runs through the top of the nib holder. The holder ships in a long cushioned case. Unlike the latched cases we see more often, this stays closed without a latch.