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A Conway Stewart pen from the past


Mary Burke

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And here are pictures from the factory and workers from the 1950s.

 

http://www.mvburke.com/images/history/hist1cs.jpg

Conway Stewart Factory post blitz

 

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Co-founder Frank Jarvis

 

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Co-founder Tommy Garner

 

http://www.mvburke.com/images/history/1930worker.jpg http://www.mvburke.com/images/history/1951finishingdept.jpg

 

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Conway Stewart showroom 1928

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:rolleyes: Lovely pen... someday I would like to find a similar one. Of the vintage Conways I like the older ones the best. Is this one from the 1930's??
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Wow, wonderful example and amazing pictures! Thanks for the post!

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:rolleyes: Lovely pen... someday I would like to find a similar one. Of the vintage Conways I like the older ones the best. Is this one from the 1930's??

 

Mary will have to tell you the model number, it could be a Duro 2M but without knowing the length you can't tell from the picture. The two narrow cap bands and one piece, 'no knurling' cap would tend to date the pen quite closely to 1928 or 1929. Earlier than this it would probably have had a single broad cap band, later than this it would have had the knurled removable cap end / inner cap.

 

The pre-war vintage CS are undoubtedly the most interesting!

 

Andy

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