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Hello colleagues. I hope that I am posting this in the correct forum.

 

I have an Eclipse pen that I like very much, and I wonder if anyone out there can provide more information on it.

 

I wonder if there is a MODEL number, and if there is an approximate DATE for the pen. I see that there is a patent date of 1925 on the clip, but if anyone has information beyond that, I would be most grateful! THANKS!

 

Here are the photos. The nib may not be original (probably not), but any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

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Could you possibly suggest the correct forum for this type of inquiry?

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I was hoping that someone might be able to provide information on a pen that I have: It's an Eclipse gold overlay, but there is no model number or other information on the pen itself.

 

I posted an inquiry on a different forum and was told that it was the wrong one, so I am hoping this is the correct one. :) Any help regarding the model, the approximate dates of production, etc., will be greatly appreciated.

 

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fpn_1488930577__2017-03-07_182636.jpg

 

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Could you possibly suggest the correct forum for this type of inquiry?

I think Cob meant S/HE posted here by mistake, not you.

 

 

Beautiful pen!

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I may not have been much help, but I DID bump your thread up to the top.

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I think Cob meant S/HE posted here by mistake, not you.

 

 

Beautiful pen!

 

 

I see! Thanks for your note!

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A fine looking pen, in very good shape..... :thumbup:

 

Gold filled is more gold than rolled gold...I don't remember exactly how much...one is +5%, the other less. Either is two plates of gold pressed together under huge pressure over a base metal making one sheet of metal.

Much better than any plating.

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The clip on the pen was designed by David Kline who worked for Eclipse founder Marx Finstone. The date indicates when the patent for the clip was awarded. Hence the pen was made sometime after 1925.

Filigree overlays were very popular in the 1910’s and early ’20’s, almost every pen maker offered one in either sliver or gold. An Eclipse offering in silver.

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By 1929 the Roaring Twenties were in full swing, and pen making was moving to using brightly colored celluloid’s rather than black hard rubber. This movement from the Victorian, ornate filigree to sleek, brilliant plastic did not deter Eclipse who continued to apply filigrees over the new fangled plastic well into the ’30’s.

This on green striate plastic…

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and this applied over navy blue plastic.


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The effect is akin to a Flapper wearing a bustle.

Your nib is very likey original to the pen. Branded Eclipse nibs did not appear regularly, until 1925, when the company opened a facility in Toronto, and those were largely gold plated, stainless steel nibs.

Congrats on a handsome pen, beautifully photographed.

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Very nice pen. Though not an exhaustive and definitive dating of your pen, here is something I wrote quite a while back on a very similar pen with two links (the FPN link is still active, the other is not). Enjoy your pen!

 

https://munsonpens.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/eclipse-gold-filigree-fountain-pen/

 

Phil

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Thanks very much for the information. I appreciate it!

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Thanks so much for the information! I did see the 1925 date for the patent on the clip, so I had a rough idea of its production time. I was just hoping that it had a model number to help me identify it more precisely.

 

It doesn't hold a lot of ink, but the nib is really nice!

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Eclipse has a small following today. One should take note of the pens shown here.

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It's a great looking pen.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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For some reason a number of responses have been dropped from this thread. They can be found here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/319923-information-on-an-eclipse-pen/

 

 

Hmm..... I merged the threads. We should only have one.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Hmm..... I merged the threads. We should only have one.

Thank you.

 

Now, when you have a moment, you might as well delete post #’s 15,16,17 and restore the flow.

 

Thanks again,

D.

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Actually, I already over stepped into another moderator's turf when I combined and we try to hide, not delete posts. So, I'll let the forum mod take over.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

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