Esterbrook #222 Oblique Pen #2 Small

Description:

Name(s): Oblique No 2 – Small, The Oblique Pen
Shape: Oblique-Mordant
Finishes: Bronze
Tip: Pointed
Prices: $1.00 per gross (1876, 1879, 1883, 1887, 1918)

Comments:

See the Esterbrook #222. As with the Silverene and Colorado series, the “No 2” on this pen refers to the number within the Oblique series rather than the official Esterbrook model number.
“Well liked by penmen” (1883)

Other Images:

1876 Illustrated price list

1883 Esterbrook Catalog

1918 Cameron Amberg catalog

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)

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