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MONTBLANC: No. 4 Octagonal Meander & Barleycorn Silver Safety Fountain Pen, c.1920s

16 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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MONTBLANC: No. 4 Octagonal Meander & Barleycorn Silver Safety Fountain Pen, c.1920s

No. 4 safety filler, silver barrel and cap with meander and barleycorn pattern, black hard rubber endpiece and captop, 14K gold #4 nib, good flexibility, writes beautifully. 117mm. Very good condition, a few small dings, safety mechanism works smoothly, cork seal is tight.

Jens Rösler comments:
"An early Montblanc silver overlay pen with typical machine-worked pattern exclusive to Montblanc. I know of over 30 different Montblanc overlay patterns from this era; this example is exemplary, with wonderful craftsmanship, and quite difficult to find in such good condition."

Provenance: From the Jens Rösler Montblanc Collection.

-Wallrafen, Stefan & Jens Rösler. Collectible Stars I: Montblanc 1908-1947. [Cologne: 2014], pp. 66-67. The present lot is the actual example pictured in the book.
-Rösler, Jens. Montblanc Diary and Collector's Guide. [Hamburg: 1992], p. 57.

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