Description:
Comments:
- “German Silver. A good pen for red ink. Most popular pens.”
- “German Silver” is a general term for a copper, nickel and zinc alloy that actually contains no silver. Like the copper alloy for the Colorado pens, it was meant to prevent corrosion, especially with the particularly harsh red inks of the time.
- “A good pen for red ink.” (1883, 1890)
- These pens are stiff and cannot flex without deforming.
- One of the smaller of the Colorado-shaped pens.
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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
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