Description:
- Name(s): Swan, The Swan Pen
- Shape: Straight
- Finishes: White, Bronze
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 55¢ per gross (1876, 1879), 60¢ per gross (1883, 1887)
Comments:
- “A good business pen; large and medium fine.” Listed among, “Most popular pens.” – 1883
- “Good Correspondence Pen.” – c1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do
- The “Swan” pen traditionally followed the model of the original swan quills in that they tended to be larger and stiffer than normal pens. They were also usually smooth writers and quite popular.
- Almost all manufacturers had a Swan model through the 19th. century. By the early 20th century they pretty much stopped making them in the US, and they were only made in the UK.
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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
- Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)
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