Description:

• Name(s): Commercial, Commercial Pen
• Shape: Shoulder
• Finishes: White (#8), bronze (#9) and black (#10)
• Tip: Pointed
• Prices: 55¢ per gross (1876), 50 per gross (1879, 1883, 1887)

Comments:

• “Medium fine business pen.” (1883)
• Available in “White” (usually a nickel finish).
• An unusual example of the same pen given different numbers for different finishes. White is #8, Bronze is #9, and Black is #10

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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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