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 pen has the high mounted clip.
Length 5-1/4"
Filling System Lever filler, working perfectly with a new sac
Color Jade green with gold filled trim. It has a ball ended clip and a black section with two cap bands.
Nib Gold Sheaffer Lifetime flexible fine nib is large. The nib has a serial number: 1855104. See sample below for illustration of flex.
Condition Very nice condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a substantial sized pen in a lovely shade of jade. There is a band of discoloration at the end of the barrel. The cap color is perfect. Both the cap and barrel have light to moderate scratching. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip with the more moderate scratching toward the end of the pen and around the lever. The cap has some long thin scratch lines. The section has surface imperfections. The lever has scratching and pitting at the very top. The cap bands have some plating wear around the endges. The clip has plating wear on the ball and at the top, as well as scratches at the top of the clip. The white dot has a little scratch on it. The imprints are clear.