Product Description
Type Vac filling vintage fountain pen
Product Name Parker Vacumatic Junior
Manufacturer and Year Parker USA -- 1934 (The date code is a clear 44 on the barrel which indicates fourth quarter of 1934.)
Length 4-7/8".
Filling System Vacumatic aluminum lockdown plunger filling system has been restored here at Peyton Street Pens and is in excellent working condition. The bladder has been replaced and the pen has been tested.
Color Burgundy Pearl Marble is a marbled burgundy and amber (transparent) barrel with a burgundy and black cap, a black section and two narrow cap bands. There is a black jewel on each end and the trim is gold plated. This may be the best barrel transparency we've ever seen in this color, it looks like the burgundy parts are floating.
Nib FINE Flexible 14k nib. It is marked with an "A". Please see writing sample, below.
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks, chips, dings, or dents. This is a very pretty and rosy little pen, with excellent coloring and barrel transparency. The barrel has moderate scratching especially near the end of the pen around the edge of the lockdown system as well as horizontal capping lines at the top of the barrel. The cap has light scratching. The clip looks excellent. The two cap bands have some light scratching. The end jewels are in great condition. The imprints are clear.