Description:

• Name(s): Reservoir, Reservoir Pen
• Shape: Pinched Spoon
• Finishes: Copper, Bronze
• Tip: Pointed
• Prices: 55¢ per gross (1876, 1879, 1883, 1887 – bronze), 75¢ (1876 – copper), $1.00 per gross (1918 Cameron Amberg – bronze)

Comments:

• Medium-broad, large, pinched spoon shape, with elaborate pierce.
• Available in bronze and copper finish. The pierce on the heel of the pen was for use in the copper-coating process.
• “Medium coarse; large and heavy.” (1883)
• As this shape is not seen after 1918, it most likely was not revived after the WWI inventory reduction.

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 Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)