Description:
- Name(s): R(?). H. Beall’s Bookkeepers, Premium, The Premium Pen
- Shape: Straight
- Finishes: Bronze
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 55¢ per gross
Comments:
- Most likely, Beal’s was the name of a pen maker who had a popular Bookkeeper’s pen but it was no longer being made. Esterbrook produced a couple of other examples like this, such as the Harrison & Bradford’s #505, which they produced after Harrison & Bradford went out of business.
- As is true with other examples on the c1873 salesman’s sample book, this seems to be an older pen, like the #303. By the time the c1874 sample book was issued, the pen had already been renamed to the Premium pen.
- “A large easy action pen; medium fine.” – 1883
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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
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