Fresh from a Grandmas china cabinet a STERLING SILVER WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PEN AND PENCIL SET IN THE WATERMAN BOX WITH THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REFILL THE PEN AND PENCIL. THE FOUNTAIN PEN IS NOT ENGRAVED HOWEVER THERE IS A PLACE FOR A MONOGRAM.IT IS MARKED STERLING AND WATERMAN. IT HAS A SCREW ON CAP. THERE ARE NO DENTS OR SCRATCHES. DOESNT LOOKED USED. WE HAVE NOT RESTORED IT IN ANY WAY. THE GOLD COLORED NIB IS MARKED WATERMANS IDEAL REG US PAT. OFF . THE PENCIL IS STERLING SILVER OVER HARD BLACK RUBBER OR PLASTIC ALSO . HAS AN ERASER WITH A STORAGE PLACE FOR SPARE LEADS . THE PENCIL DOES COME WITH THE EXTRA LEADS . THE ERASER IS INTACT BUT AGED. IT IS ENGRAVED WITH AN E.MONOGRAMED FOR ELIZABETH THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE BOX IS INTACT BUT NOT IN PERFECT SHAPE. tHIS PEN AND PENCIL SET IS ABOUT 70-80 YRS OLD. PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN ANTIQUE WRITING INSTRUMENTS.
STORY
The Waterman Pen Company was established in 1883 in New York City by Lewis Waterman. Waterman’s improvement on basic pen design and aggressive marketing played a vital role in making the fountain pen a mass-market object. The essential novelty of Waterman’s first fountain pens was the feed, for which his first pen-related patent was granted in 1884. By 1899, Lewis Waterman opened a factory in Montreal was was offering a variety of designs.
Waterman’s opened subsidiaries in Europe to meet international demand. A Waterman Fountain pen won the Medal of Excellence at the 1900 Paris World Exposition. In 1901, upon Waterman’s death, his nephew took the business overseas and increased sales to 350,000 pens per year.Waterman’s fountain pen was extremely desirable. The Treaty of Versailles was signed using a solid gold Waterman pen, by Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
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