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WIRT: Gold-filled Snail Pattern Taper Cap Fountain Pen, c.1905

16 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$1,200 - US$1,800

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WIRT: Gold-filled Snail Pattern Taper Cap Fountain Pen, c.1905

A charming pen with impeccable aesthetics from Pennsylvanian penmaker Paul E. Wirt. Fully covered with snail and ribbon-twist decoration, 14K gold Wirt nib, medium flexibility. Fully covered taper cap Wirt pens are rare.

-Fischler, George & Schnieder, Stuart. Fountain Pens and Pencils: The Golden Age of Writing Instruments. [Westchester: 1990]. See p. 296 for a fascinating history of the Paul E. Wirt & Co. pen company.

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