Product Description
Type Vintage Sheaffer ring top fountain pen in excellent working condition with a hand engraved floral design.
Product Name Unknown, but it strongly resembles a pen found on pg 20 of a 1923 Sheaffer catalog. That one is designated as model 36HEM.
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, USA -- 1920s. It's probably from 1922 - 1927, because we believe that the company's logo changed in 1922 to incorporate the joined R and S at the end of "Sheaffer's", and then changed to something else around 1927.
Length 3-3/4" without the ring top hardware
Filling System Lever filler - working perfectly with a new sac.
Color "Full Mounted" in Sheaffer's description, which means a gold-filled full overlay on black hard rubber. The overlay has a floral hand engraved pattern. The section is black, and is slightly faded.
Nib Fine Flexible 14k Sheaffer #2 Self Filling nib. It's quite soft and flexes easily. There's a short crack off the left side of the heart-shaped breather hole. See our writing sample in the photos.
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks or chips. This is a petite, shiny, gold pen with a beautiful pattern. The cap and barrel have microscratching. The top of the cap has brassing along the edge. The cap band portion has some light scratches. The end of the barrel has scratching from posting the cap. The end of the barrel has a ding along the edge, and we've included a detailed photo of this area. The lever has plating wear along the sides. The front edge of the barrel has plating wear. The ring top hardware is in good condition. The barrel is personalized with the initials "V. G. S." The imprints are clear.
