Product Description
Type Lever filling fountain pen
Product Name Swan - exact product unknown. Mabie Todd is well known for their UK pens, but there is not a lot of information to be found about these American pens from the 1940s with the arrow-point clips.
Manufacturer and Year Mabie Todd & Co. New York -- year unknown, probably the late 1930s or early 1940s
Length 5-1/16" (fountain pen)
Filling System Lever filler. We've replaced the sac, cleaned, and tested it and it's working very well.
Color 14k gold filled in a pattern of groups of eight and then two lines and a smooth arrow-shaped clip.
Nib FINE nib is marked Swan 14ct Mabie Todd & Co Made in USA. It's semi-flexible and in nice condition, smooth with nice tipping material. With a little pressure the line will go from fine to broad.
Condition Excellent condition. There are a few tiny nicks and light scratches on the cap and barrel. Just tiny spots of brassing on the ridges of the top piece and a little wear on the upper barrel where the cap lip rubs it when you screw on the cap, but the imprint there is still readable (see photos). No cracks or chips and no real dents. Fully restored and working well.
The barrel is engraved "A.J.A." or "A.J.D." (see photos). Please note that the reddish-brown lines in the close-up photos are a reflection.
