Need To Id This Pen

[Nyoko]

Hi All! I would like to know more about this Swan I recently bought. I couldn't find any info on the internet about this particular pen's history, or anything else about it. It's a tiny little pen about Conway Stewart Dinkie size. I really like the color and celluloid pattern of this pen. It's really beautiful. The celluloid is actually quite transparent but you cannot see that in the photos.

There is no model number on the pen anywhere, it does not say where it was made. It has a button filler and a # 1 nib. Any info about this pen, such as the model, and when and where it was made, would be much appreciated.

See the last photo for size comparison with other pens. To the left of the Swan is a Lamy Safari, to the right are a Conway Steward "Dinkie 560" and a Kaweco Sport.

Thank you!

[birchtine]

I have a feeling that the pen is of Dutch make from the 50s.

Edited July 12, 2016 by birchtine

[Cob]

Very curious; I have never heard of a Swan button filler although Mabie Todd did make few bulb fillers over a century ago.

 

The section made from the same material as the rest of it looks very French to me. On the other hand the clip looks rather like those fityted to later Swans - late Calligraphs &c. some produced by Biro Swan Ltd, int he 1950s. Perhaps Biro Swan attempted a button filler? These were made elsewhere in the 1950s (Croxley, Wyvern).

 

I have never seen a Swan 1 nib with the Swan stamped it - plenty of 2s and 3s though..

 

I have no idea I am afraid.

 

Cob

Edited July 12, 2016 by Cob

[Nyoko]

Thanks everyone! I guess we know it is an unusual pen! I'm also thinking it is from the 50's. I discovered that the celluloid in this pen is remarkably like that used by Soennecken in one pen I read about here from the 1950's. They had a tortoise shell or "herringbone" pattern and the pen was the Soennecken 111. I don't think it is exactly the same material, but it is very similar. You can see it on this thread:

 

Thanks again!