Product Description
Type Vintage Sheaffer fountain pen in excellent working condition.
Product Name Sheaffer Balance Lifetime "Petite", this was the smallest of the many Balance sizes.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, USA - c. 1930-31 (The Balance was introduced in 1929, and this color appeared 1930-35. The clip is one of the earlier ones with a long humped clip.)
Length 4-1/16"
Filling System Lever filler - working perfectly. Restored with a new sac, and we guarantee the filling system for a year from the date of purchase.
Color Marine Green, a marbled color with a 1/8" cap band. It has a white dot near the top of the cap and gold filled trim.
Nib Fine 14k Sheaffer Lifetime nib. The feed is white, which is unusual.
Condition Excellent condition. This is a very small pen with the same overall appearance as its larger relative, in a dark and attractive color scheme. The cap and barrel have light to moderate scratching. The cap band has light scratching and two vertical lines of brassing to the right and left of the clip's ball. The ball end of the clip has a large blotch of plating wear, and there is also plating wear on the face, along the sides and around the top. The top of the cap has some marks, possibly tooth marks. There is horizontal scratching on the barrel from the cap lip. There's a ridge of shrinkage near the end of the barrel, in line with where the cap lip would be if the cap were posted. The barrel has a a 1" long scratch, above the top right of the barrel imprint. The lever has scratching and a small splotch of plating wear on the face. The white dot looks great. The imprints are clear.
