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I am trying to identify this pen that was give to me as a gift. It has absolutely no markings on it that I can find. It is very beautiful and I would love to identify it and include it in my personal pen catalog.

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Nice looking pen, bit international Duofold looking to me although I know it is not.

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Is it marked silver or is it just silver colored? Nib and length info and a better look at the clip, and ends would possible be a help.

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I thought the etching looked good, a better class of it.

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What sort of fill system does it have? You may be able to at least narrow down a date range.

And you say there's no markings on it at all? That seems odd (although there are a lot of no-name pens out there).

I have a couple of Morrison overlay ring tops -- one gold filled (which has a design similar to the Waterman that lahlahlaw showed the pix of) and one sterling overlay (solid with engraved designs) and both of them are clearly marked Morrison on the lever and nib, and both are marked for the metal content as well. Morrison is sort of considered third-tier, I think, but both of them are obviously well made and good quality pens -- I don't know yet how the silver one will write because I have to replace the sac, but the other one is a very juicy M or B nib.

Does the pen appear to be silver or stainless? I can't tell from the photos.

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I don't think it looks old. The clip and the back end are clues to that. The 'etching' isn't really an etching but rather an embossing. I don't think it is silver either. I will bet it has a C/C filler system and a 'Germany' nib.

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Nice looking pen, bit international Duofold looking to me although I know it is not.

Yeah, it does look like a Duofold.

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Strange that the OP has not answered, while he/she has been online yesterday.

 

Looking at that "overlay" I would think it is NOT an overlay. In that case the black base barrel would show between the cut-outs. But it also shows "silvery". Also the junction between the cap end and "overlay" and barrel end and overlay is too smooth. Almost certainly that barrel and cap are made of one piece with that ornamentation cut out.... or pressed in? Looking at the cap, there are some rough edges to one of the flower stems, that would be strange for manual work by an artisan. Sloppy.. So I think it is pressed/molded. Possibly even plastic with a metal sheen.

 

On the pics by the OP no fillingsystem to be seen. So it would be either a piston or something like that, or a C/C, as has been said above.

 

Ofcourse better pictures in more detail, with details about nib, clip and fillingsystem could change my above ideas...

 

 

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OP has posted the question too in a long running topic in the Waterman Forum. Daniel (Kirchh) suggested it MAY be a Laban.

 

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