Description
Waterman Snakeskin Fountain Pen
– Model #92
– Stunning snakeskin snanke skin / lizard gold marble color
– Crisp Imprint on barrel and cap
– Lever filler
Up here for consideration is a vintage Waterman’s IDEAL 92 fountain pen, which was manufactured in Canada circa 1930s.
This Waterman’s is a fine example, in stunning RARE highly sought after color, golden tiger-eye snakeskin snake-skin lizard marble with gold trim.
The pen is in nice condition. The imprint on the barrel and cap is crisp.
The pen bears art-deco gold bands; one capband and also another two barrel bands.
The pen is fitted with a Waterman’s 14ct solid gold nib; semi-flexible; writing smooth medium line.
A new ink sac has been fitted. The lever filling system is in good working order.
There are some minor wears due to age.
The pen has been restored and tested for full functionality.
This Waterman’s is a classic elegance and has been produced to the highest standards of craftsmanship. This would make an excellent gift to treat yourself or for someone special.
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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