Is This Pen Italian? Which Brand Might It Be?

[Readymade]

Firstly, this isn't an April Fool's joke.

 

Found recently at a flea market. Looks Italian based on the shape and celluloid, but imprint thoroughly worn down. At best I can make out faint traces in a stylised cursive -- "auria"? "aurax"? "aurex"? "aurea"? It may have been foil hot-stamped onto the barrel and subsequently lost.

 

 

- Fairly large. Just a bit shorter than a Pelikan M800:

 

 

- Nib is a a large Waterman semi-flex IDEAL 14K nib with a “5” on the bottom is mated with what looks like a Vacumatic feed.

 

 

- The clip seems too small for its holes. Probably a replacement? The holes the tabs on the sides of the clip fit into are clearly visible, and the clip looks like it came from a Waterman 32 but is smooth and has a differently-shaped end.

 

The workmanship seems second-tier:

 

- Traces of polish stuck between the cap bands and their grooves suggest the bands were once plated, but the bands themselves are uneven.

 

- The barrel, cap and blind cap are thick black and pearlescent burgundy celluloid, with a few transparent patches which have ambered. The button hole at the end of the barrel is off-centre, and the blind cap is not completely flush with the barrel.

 

Anyway, it’s a textbook button-filler. Resacced with a #18 sac.

 

 

Does anyone have any idea? Any help would be appreciated

[Readymade]

So there was an Italian pen maker called "Aurea". Found an old sales thread on FPN that included an "Aurea" pen - marbled celluloid and a button-filler too.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/173464-verelyte-aurea/

 

Mystery solved???

[AltecGreen]

Aurea was an Italian brand of unknown origin. There is not very much information on this company. Like many smaller brands, the pens seem to have been produced by various manufacturers for Aurea.

[Ambros]

"Aurea" is surely an italian pen,

maybe a Montegrappa production, but nobody knows.....

 

Is the mark of your pen like this?

[Readymade]

@Ambros: Yes! That photo of the imprint was just what I was looking for. Thank you!

 

btw, the nib is most likely from a Waterman Commando (1942-46). Thanks to rhosygell over in this thread - https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/191283-which-waterman-models-had-this-nib/

[Ambros]

Here you can see my "Aurea":

the original nib is a "warranted",

the pen looks like a Montegrappa....

[fabbale]

Here you can see my "Aurea":

the original nib is a "warranted",

the pen looks like a Montegrappa....

 

 

Whay not a COLUMBUS???

 

[AltecGreen]

Here you can see my "Aurea":

the original nib is a "warranted",

the pen looks like a Montegrappa....

 

 

Whay not a COLUMBUS???

 

 

 

The one Readymade showed looks like a Montegrappa but the one shown by Ambros looks like it could be made by Columbus. Ah...the mystery.

[simp]

Here you can see my "Aurea":

the original nib is a "warranted",

the pen looks like a Montegrappa....

 

 

Whay not a COLUMBUS???

 

 

And why not just an Aurea?

 

Simone