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Description:

• Name(s): Engrossing, Medium Engrossing, Engrossing Pen
• Shape: Straight
• Finishes: Bronze
• Tip: Pointed
• Prices: 65¢ per gross, $1.00 per gross (1918 Cameron Amberg)

Comments:

• “Medium broad point; well liked.” – 1883
• “Medium broad point.” – c1890
• A very flexible, broad-pointed pen. “Engrossing” usually refers to a pen used for fancy writing.

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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
• 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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