Description:
- Name(s): Swan Quill
- Shape: Straight
- Finishes: Nickel (White), Gold, Bronze
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 75¢-$1.00 per gross, $1.50 per gold for gold-plated
Comments:
- “A beautiful, easy action; medium fine.”
- “A beautiful, easy action; Fine Point.”
- Swan Quill steel pens from British manufacturers are common from very early on. They tended to reflect what the original quills made from swan feathers were like. Swan quills were larger and stiffer than goose quills. Quills from swans tended to last longer, but also be less flexible.
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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
- Included in the 1877 or 1878 ads in the American Bookseller
- 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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