I recently purchased a nice black (hard rubber/plastic?) fountain pen with sagging drapery design on the body and cap. The hardware is silver color, chrome or nickle or something else. The clip has Liberty on it and the body has Liberty Fountain Pen N.Y.

The nib is marked Warented, 14CT. Can't tell if there is any more writing on below where it sticks out of the collar/feed. It is a lever filler and the lever has a round end on it with a circle and L inside of the circle. I don't see any other marking.

The pen is in quite good condtion, I have not inked it yet.

Can anyone tell me anything about this company? Age of pen? I can post a photo if that would help.

A photo would be great!

I don't really have any knowledge of the Liberty Fountain Pen company. It sounds like a chased hard rubber or chased celluloid pen, which probably dates from somewhere between 1914-1930s. 1914, because that was when lever-fillers really got their start, 1930s because the black-chased look was well on it's way out by the end of the 1930s. At that time there were literally hundreds of pen companies around the US. Many were no more than jobbers who bought parts or partially made pens from different manufacturers, did a little final assembly and stamped their name on them.

One interesting thing is that the nib states 14Ct, which was the designation used in Europe, as opposed to 14K which was usually used in the US. Replacement nib? Export model? Who knows.

John

Sorry for the delay in posting a photo. I found it difficult to get the details to show up, this is about the best I have been able to do.