Product Description
Type Vintage inspired fountain pen.
Product Name Viceroy. This is the Standard size.
Manufacturer and Year Yard-O-Led, made in England -- 1985-88. There aren't the usual British assay office hallmarks, which would include a datemark, but we found a discussion thread on Fountain Pen Network that supports it having been made in that time period.
Length 5-7/16"
Filling System Takes international cartridges and converters. A piston converter is installed.
Color Smooth sterling silver cap and barrel, with hand-carved flourishes. It has a black plastic section. There is a black leather pen case included in the box. The clip has number 1055 at the top of the clip.
Nib MEDIUM 18k Nib, marked M on the face. It has partial silver-colored masking for a two-toned appearance.
Condition Excellent condition, in box, with a black leather pen pouch and with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. The pen is lovely smooth sterling silver with mainly light microscratching on the cap and barrel. The barrel has a couple of small but deeper scratches near the cap lip, near the YOL. The neck of the section has some dots of pitting. The cap has light scratching and microscratching. It has a few scattered areas of tarnishing, for instance around the top of the clip and on the top section of the cap. The clip has some light tarnishing around the two small nails near the top.
NOTE: Usually, we would see the YOL and 925 hallmarks on the cap, and then more detailed hallmarks on the barrel, which give information about the date and location the pen was made (British hallmarking is quite detailed!). The barrel and cap on this one only have the YOL and 925 hallmarks, and we think that's because the barrel has been replaced at some point (this is also supported by a former YOL employee commenting in the above-mentioned FPN thread). This is pen number 1055 (the company numbers their pens sequentially), which is engraved near the top of the clip.
