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Mabie, Todd & Co. Ltd. England Chatelaine Swan

 

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General

Eyedropper filler. BCHR with gold-filled rotating band, chased end caps and chain with ring. Imprint THE "SWAN" PEN / MABIE.TODD & Co Ltd / MADE IN ENGLAND. Imprint on gold band PAT. NO. 4248. / PAT. DEC. 23'02.. No model number imprint.

 

Body

Closed length: 134mm (178.5mm with chain)

Body: 123.5mm with nib, 108mm without nib

Cap: 43.5mm

Posted: not possible

Body widest: 8.8mm

 

Grip widest: 7.5mm

Narrowest: 5.8mm

 

Nib

Size: 1

Length: ?

Width: 5.3mm

 

Weight

Total: 12.7g

Body: 5.1g

Cap: 7.6g

 

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Mabie, Todd & Co. England Swan C.2

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General
Eyedropper filler. BCHR with gold-filled wide band. Imprint THE SWAN / SAFETY SCRW CAP / MABIE.TODD & CO / MADE IN ENGLAND. Imprint on cap "SWAN" No. 2.. Imprint on side of end C.2 / MED.

Body
Closed length: 137mm
Body: 128.5mm with nib, 111mm without nib
Cap: 59mm
Posted: 172mm
Body widest: 9.7mm

Grip widest: 8.3mm
Narrowest: 7.0mm

Nib
Size: 2
Length: ?
Width: 5.5mm

Weight
Total: 10.2g
Body: 5.9g
Cap: 4.2g

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Mabie, Todd & Co. New York Swan (like 3012)

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General
Eyedropper filler. BCHR. Imprint "THE SWAN" PEN / MABIE TODD & Co / New York U.S.A.. No model number imprint.

Body
Closed length: 127.5mm
Body: 119mm with nib, 112.5mm without nib
Cap: 42.5mm
Posted: 152mm
Body widest: 8.8mm

Grip widest: 7.3mm
Narrowest: 6.7mm

Nib
Size: 1
Length: ?
Width: 5.4mm

Weight
Total: 6.4g
Body: 4.8g
Cap: 1.5g

Additional Information
I bought this pen because it came with box (with name and the date 14/12/15 on it), eyedropper and two WWI medals (with same name on it). So it seems the pen was used by a private from Leicester in the Gloucestershire Regiment during WWI. The medals are the War and the Victory medal aka "Mutt and Jeff". AFAIK these are the most basic medals one could get. Apparently a pocket Swan doesn't make a hero.

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Mabie, Todd & Co. Ltd. England Swan Self-Filler

 

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General

Lever filler. Celluloid. Imprint "SWAN" SELF-FILLER / MABIE,TODD & Co Ltd / MADE IN ENGLAND. No model number imprint.

 

Body

Closed length: 126mm

Body: 118mm with nib, 100mm without nib

Cap: 56mm

Posted: 157mm (with nib)

Body widest: 11.6mm

 

Grip widest: 9.5mm

Narrowest: 8.2mm

 

Nib

Size: 2

Length: ?

Width: 6.1mm

 

Weight

Total: 14.1g

Body: 9.3g

Cap: 4.9g

 

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First: tahnk You all for this great topic. :wub:

 

@Cepasaccus

 

I have almost the same Mabie, Todd & Co. Ltd. England Swan Self-Filler. Almost, because it has nib 1. Do you think it is OK, or should be 2, and this mine is swapped? And one more question: is there any possibility to determine year of production?

 

 

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Short program about numbering and Mabie Todd finish pens parts.

Pre-war pens.

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regards

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Dear all,

Thank you for this amazing thread and photos of your Mabie Todd... so much in the history of this pen company....

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