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I am doing a research project on Edwardian fountain pens and wondered if anyone knows of any models that were around then (1901-1910) and any pictures of them. I know Parker, Mabie Todd, and Waterman's pens were around then but I'm struggling to find specific pictures.

 

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Zoe

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A couple of years ago I scoured the Making of America archive and came up with a bunch of early fountain pen ads.

 

The post is here https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/292921-19th-century-fountain-pen-ads-and-articles-from-making-of-america-e-texts/

 

A lot of them are late Victorian, for the period you're specifically looking at, try the Moore's Non-leakable Fountain pen ads, or the later Waterman ones.

 

What specifically are you researching? I've done a fair amount of research in that period on steel (dip) pens, but a lot of the same resources can be used. I'd be happy to help.

 

One place you can start is David Nishamura's Vintage Pen Blog. He's also put together the premier list of online editions of The American Stationer.

 

I've captured a few of my research resources, and will be adding more, over at my new blog The Steel Pen. The direct link to the posts on research resources is here.

 

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At that time John Holland was a major player offering pens like this...

 

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and so was Paul Wirt with pens like these.

 

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Another, although smaller maker, was the Edison Pen Co. Pen based in Petersburg VA.

 

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Uh, mind if I say... :o

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“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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At that time John Holland was a major player offering pens like this...

 

fpn_1372800034__6_jh_filigree_ed_-_3.jpg

fpn_1415567947__4_holland_mop_-_3.jpg

and so was Paul Wirt with pens like these.

 

fpn_1377986320__wirts_-_2.jpg

 

Another, although smaller maker, was the Edison Pen Co. Pen based in Petersburg VA.

 

fpn_1377986274__edisons.jpg

 

These are gorgeous... The top one incidentally looks like the one offered by modern Edison pen co.

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These are gorgeous... The top one incidentally looks like the one offered by modern Edison pen co.

 

And one of the pens in the Paul Wirt photo (the gold one in the upper right hand side of the picture, under that red ripple one) has a very similar overlay to what I have on a couple of Morrison ringtops (and also what I've seen on some Waterman pens).

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... has a very similar overlay to what I have on a couple of Morrison ringtops

 

A very popular filigree pattern, called Vine, it remained in use well into the twenties in lever filled pens.

 

Here is an example in silver by Eclipse.

 

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and Morrison

 

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and this in gold by Edison

 

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This example is from the Salz Brothers. The full size filigree, on a model called Manhattan, is a lever fill from the twenties,

and the small one is a Peter Pan eye-drop fill from the 1910’s.

 

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A very popular filigree pattern, called Vine, it remained in use well into the twenties in lever filled pens.

 

and this in gold by Edison

 

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Oh lordy... that pen has now entered my dreams.

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Stylograph pens were being made during the period. Mabie Todd and A.T.Cross were manufacturing them among others. They were popular for a while in Europe. A book published in 1909 titled, The detection of Forgeries by Douglas Blackburn and Waithman Caddell was a study of forged handwriting and how it can be detected, makes mention of the much used stylograph and its uniformity of writing.

 

Has any members a collection of these pens?

 

Richard's pens has a few examples on his web site.

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Stylograph pens were being made during the period. Mabie Todd and A.T.Cross were manufacturing them among others. They were popular for a while in Europe. A book published in 1909 titled, The detection of Forgeries by Douglas Blackburn and Waithman Caddell was a study of forged handwriting and how it can be detected, makes mention of the much used stylograph and its uniformity of writing.

 

Has any members a collection of these pens?

 

Richard's pens has a few examples on his web site.

There was a conversation about them here https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/322538-stylographic-pens/ last spring

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There was a conversation about them here https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/322538-stylographic-pens/ last spring

 

Thank you for posting the link, along with reading the book and reference made to these pens. I'm going to see if I can find examples.

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