Product Description
Type Vintage Fountain Pen
Product Name Sheaffer Lifetime "Flat Top"
Manufacturer and Year Sheaffer, USA -- 1930s. High mounted clips were the earliest style of clip, and were followed by the long humped clip, then the short humped clip. This version has the high mounted clip.
Length 5-5/16"
Filling System Lever filler, working perfectly with a new sac
Color Black with gold filled trim. It has a ball ended clip and a white dot.
Nib Gold Lifetime medium nib is large and in great condition. The nib has a serial number: 4780283
Condition Very nice condition. This is a large-size, handsome pen, in shiny black. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip and light scratching especially around the lever and toward the end. The cap has microscratching. The cap lip has two hairline cracks that go from the lip to the cap band. The cap band is a loose in its mount and has some plating wear. The clip also has plating wear at the top. The lever has some scratches but no plating wear. The imprints are clear.