Which Ragtime model?

[karrun]

Can someone help me identify which Ragtime model I have? It looks similar to the original Ragtime (domed cap) in the Visconti Museum, but the clip doesn't look right. Also, what would be the material of construction?

Thanks,

Karen

[eric47]

It's an original Ragtime, aka Ragtime I, because of the rounded caps. It's made of antique celluloid.

 

The furniture of the Ragtime Is varies -- probably changed over their production.

 

What you see in the museum is probably the first clip, with a V-shape and a ball at the end. Yours has the S-shaped clip, which was also used on almost all later Ragtimes (Seasons, Ragtime II (New Ragtime), Federico II, Ragtime III (Ragtime Black & Medici), and 20th Anniversary). The exception is the Caravels.

 

There are also two versions of the cap bands: the thinner one like yours (and that you see in the Museum) and a wider curved one (that you can see on the Seasons in Museum).

 

I have 3 furniture versions of Ragtimes Is: V-shape clip with thin cap band, S-shaped clip with thin cap band (like yours), and S-shaped clip with wide cap band.

 

Congratulations. What kind of nib?

Edited June 9, 2009 by eric47

[karrun]

It's an original Ragtime, aka Ragtime I, because of the rounded caps. It's made of antique celluloid.

 

The furniture of the Ragtime Is varies -- probably changed over their production.

 

What you see in the museum is probably the first clip, with a V-shape and a ball at the end. Yours has the S-shaped clip, which was also used on almost all later Ragtimes (Seasons, Ragtime II (New Ragtime), Federico II, Ragtime III (Ragtime Black & Medici), and 20th Anniversary). The exception is the Caravels.

 

There are also two versions of the cap bands: the thinner one like yours (and that you see in the Museum) and a wider curved one (that you can see on the Seasons in Museum).

 

I have 3 furniture versions of Ragtimes Is: V-shape clip with thin cap band, S-shaped clip with thin cap band (like yours), and S-shaped clip with wide cap band.

 

Congratulations. What kind of nib?

 

This one has an 14k medium nib.

 

Thanks for the info.