Help Identifying This Montegrappa?

[Bunny_Police]

Hi everyone,

 

I picked up a montegrappa fountain pen at an antique shop a couple of days ago. I've never owned a montegrappa before, and hardly know anything about them!

 

I was drawn to it by the appearance and it's relatively cheap price. Would anyone be able to tell me what model it is, how much they typically cost, or provide any other useful information?

 

The body, cap and section are all hallmarked 925, indicating a sterling silver, vermeil finish. The nib is an 18k broad nib, and the barrel has a black coloured end.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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It is a second generation octagonal Reminiscence in the vermeil Greek Key pattern. It's hard to say for sure whether it is the wide or slim version.

[Bunny_Police]

Thanks for the quick response I don't have anything to accurately measure the width of the pen at the moment, but I remember it was 5" long.

 

Having looked over another thread on here, I found that it is an early pen made under the Aquila - owned company, with the hallmark 1055VI.

 

Unfortunately I don't have a converter for this pen. Do you know if an international size one fit it, or will it need a more specific one?

[jar]

Thanks for the quick response I don't have anything to accurately measure the width of the pen at the moment, but I remember it was 5" long.

 

Having looked over another thread on here, I found that it is an early pen made under the Aquila - owned company, with the hallmark 1055VI.

 

Unfortunately I don't have a converter for this pen. Do you know if an international size one fit it, or will it need a more specific one?

It should take an unthreaded International Standard converter. Both the standard and narrow Reminiscences were the same length. The differences were just in how wide the body was. If you have a scale weigh it. The wider version will weigh about 37g while the slim weighs about 26g.