Description:
- Name(s): Mercantile, The Mercantile Pen
- Shape: Pinched Spoon
- Finishes: Bronze
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 55¢ per gross (1876, 1879), 60¢ per gross (1883, 1887)
Comments:
- “Fine and elastic; beautiful action”
- “Action” was a common term that encompassed both flexibility as well as spring-back and smoothness. It was a general term for responsiveness of the pen.
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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
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