
Description:
- Name(s): Exquisite, The Exquisite Pen
- Shape: Pinched Center
- Finishes: Fawn
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 60¢ per gross
Comments:
- From the one image we have, it appears to be another pinched center shaped pen. These shapes are often fairly flexible.
- “A medium elastic and pleasant writer” (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)
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