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Description:

• Name(s): Ornamental Writer
• Shape: Straight
• Finishes: Bronze
• Tip: Pointed
• Prices: $1.00 per gross

Comments:

• This shape and even the pierce is reminiscent of the Gillott Principality, a high-quality pen preferred by many professional penmen and ornamental calligraphers even to this day.
• Another model that only appears in the 1876 price list.

Other Images:

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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

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