16415: unmarked combination dip pen and pencil: gold filled, crisp engraving, barrel telescopes, nib and pencil extend by sliders; 8.25 cm long closed, 13 cm extended including nib; pencil nozzle has steel tip insert, uses .9 mm lead. Nib is an important early Levi Brown from the later 1830s to early 1840s.

DATE: c. 1845 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine flex • $450

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15143: unmarked eyedropper-filler: black hard rubber slip-cap, 13.6 cm long, gold filled Art Nouveau filigree overlay has not a trace of brassing (was sold to us as tested as 14K, but more likely top quality very thick gold laminate). Closely resembles a Waterman, similar quality but parts do not interchange. #2 warranted nib is a notable writer, only slightest fading to hard rubber.

DATE: c. 1905 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium stub flex • $425

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9970: unmarked safety: miniature black hard rubber retracting-nib German safety, 8.35 cm long, engine-turned silver overlay marked only "900" at the center of the cap crown; despite size, a fully functional pen, cork has been replaced, 14K gold warranted nib has considerably flex, but due to dimensions line width variation is limited.

DATE: c. 1920 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine flex • $365

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