Description:

• Name(s): Silverine No. 2
• Shape: Colorado
• Finishes: Silver
• Tip: Pointed
• Prices: 75¢ per gross (1876, 1879, 1883, 1887)

Comments:

• See Esterbrook #180.
• Like the Colorado and Oblique pens, the “No. 2” on this pen refers to its place in the Silverine series rather than the official Esterbrook model number.
• These pens sit squarely in the brass Colorado pen line, but were made from an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc called German Silver. Other pens often made from this alloy include the red ink pens and laundry pens.
• “A good pen for red ink.” (1883, 1890)
• These pens are stiff and cannot flex without deforming.

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References:

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

• Displayed on the 1873 Salesman Sample Card 
• Displayed on the 1874 Salesman Sample Card
• 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 c1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do

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