Product Description
Type | Dip pen nib holder with telescoping pencil (no nib is installed) |
Product Name | Unknown |
Manufacturer and Year | E S Johnson & Co. (New York City) ... probably the turn of the century. The went out of business in 1921. |
Length | 3-3/8" when both the nib and the pencil are retracted |
Filling System | None, this is a dip pen so you dip the nib in ink (after a nib has been installed) |
Color | Gold filled or plated, though it is not marked. |
Nib | No nib. A standard sized dip pen nib would be installed in the curved nib holder. |
Condition | Very nice condition with very few marks or blemishes. No personalization. No dents except for one near the top and a few flat areas on the pen tip end. The nib holder slides out easily and stays firmly help in place, and you twist the end of the barrel to extend the pencil. Some brassing here and there. |