Esterbrook #245 Circular Pointed Commercial

Description:

Name(s): Circular Pointed Commercial
Shape: Shoulder
Finishes: Bronze
Tip: Pointed
Prices: 75¢ per gross

Comments:

At this point in time, “Circular Pointed” was marketing speak for a smooth and easy writer, as opposed to a super fine point.
Esterbrook didn’t release their first turned-up tips until 1876 when they released the #1876 Telegraph, #256 Tecumseh, and #309 Choctaw, the first turned up tips. The circular or ball or oval tips (all the same thing, just different marketing terms) came later in the 19th-century.

Other Images:

1876 Illustrated Price List

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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