Description:

• Name(s): Oblique No 1 – Large
• Shape: Oblique-Mordant
• Finishes: Bronze
• Tip: Pointed
• Price: $1.00 per gross (1876, 1879, 1883, 1887, 1918)

Comments:

• See Esterbrook #223 Oblique #1.
• This is another pen, like the Colorado and Silverine pens, where the official number does not appear on the pen but instead this is one of a series and the imprint includes the series number but not the style number. (Oblique No 1 – Large = #223, Oblique No 2 – Small = #222)
• The shape is based on the original Mordant 1831 patent for an oblique pen (No. 26 in the patent illustration). An oblique pen allows you the advantages of your pen sitting at an oblique angle, while still being able to use a standard straight holder.
• “Well liked by penmen” (1883)

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References:

The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following:

• Listed in the 1876 Illustrated Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company, January 1, 1876; courtesy of The Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware; contributed by Andrew Midkiff
• Listed in the 1879 Trade Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company (The American Stationer, September 4, 1879) (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)
• Listed in 1883 Esterbrook Catalog
• Listed in the Anderson & Krum price list in the 1887 Publisher’s Trade List
• Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)