Description:
- Name(s): Patent Amalgam Small
- Shape: Pinched Spoon
- Finishes: Copper, Fawn
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 55¢ per gross
Comments:
- Another of the rare examples we can confirm is “Fawn.”
- The early version on the c1873 card has the very rare curved imprint only seen on very early pens.
- “Medium point, stiff action.” – 1883
- The term “Amalgam” seems to be purely marketing speak. All appearances is that this is a plain steel pen.
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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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