Vintage WATERMAN IDEAL 14 Eyedropper Safety Gold Ornate Band Fountain Pen Italic

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Vintage WATERMAN IDEAL 14 Eyedropper Safety Gold Ornate Band Fountain Pen Italic:
$91.81

VINTAGE WATERMAN'S IDEAL 14 FOUNTAIN PEN
~ Comes with Waterman's IDEAL Leather Box ~
~ RARE Model Ideal 14 with Double Gold Ornate Band ~
~ Eyedropper Safety Pen ~Black Chased Hard Rubber ~
~ a LARGE Waterman BROAD ITALIC #4 14ct Solid Gold Nib ~ Circa 1900s ~
~ Serviced ~ Nice Overall Condition ~

SUMMARY

Model:Waterman IDEAL 14 - USAColour:Black chased hard rubberOverall Length:5-3/8 InchesDate Manufactured:Circa 1900sFiller Type:Safety pen eyedropperRestoration:The pen has been conservatively serviced, polished and tested for full functionality. There is slight discoloration on black chased hard rubber especially on the cap, yet nice considering its age. The 2 gold ornate bands are broken and repaired and stabilized. Cap embossed Canada made but the barrel embossed USA patent date. The mechanism is in working condition. Some wears due to age.

THE CAP

Material:

Black chased hard rubber

Trim Pattern:

Polished; embossed 'WATERMAN'S MADE IN CANADA'

Pocket Clip:

Clipless pen

THE NIB

Material:14ct Solid GoldGrade:BROAD 'WATERMAN'S IDEAL NEW YORK'Condition:Iridium tip intact writing smooth medium broad BARREL

Imprint:Reads 'PAT'D 1884 MAY23.1899 WATERMAN'S FOUNTAIN PEN N.Y. U.S.A. & AUG.4.1903'End Jewel:Embossed model '14'

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. AWaterman 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 to350,000 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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