15, Lionpen,

[rhr]

Perhaps you've seen this Lion & Pen thread, Topic 281 about lions and pens. Well, trademark no. 11735, issued to James W. Middleton Co. on Dec 2, 1884, and used since May 27, 1884, was for the words "Mark Firth's English Chilled Steel Pens" and an image of a lion's head. One of the nibs depicted has a lion's head embossed on its shaft, literally making it a "Lionpen". And trademark no. 127221 is for the familiar Maltese cross and lion-with-a-stylographic-pen-in-its-mouth company logo for "Parts Of Fountain-Pens And Stylographic Pens And Lead-Pencils" that was issued to Walter R. Boss on Oct 28, 1919, and was used by the A. T. Cross Pencil Co. since 1893. It actually looks like a lion with a MacKinnon [sic] stylographic pen in its mouth. In this case "sic" just means that "what may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally", or as a joke. That's why it's one of my favorite images, because, ironically, it looks like it's actually showing off a MacKinnon stylographic pen in its mouth. ;~)

 

There are also these two trademarks for lion images on inks. Trademark no. 02399 for "Copyable Writing Inks" consists of an image of the coat of arms surmounted by a marching lion that was first used for John Underwood's inks in 1875. And Joseph Lyons's trademark no. 22715 for "Writing, Copying, And All Kinds Of Inks", used since 1887, consists of the name "W. Lyons" and an image of a lion recumbent on a base inscribed with the words "Lion Ink".

 

George Kovalenko.

 

 

If you want to perform the trademark searches, simply cut and paste, or type the trademark numbers into the search window in the Trademark Document Retrieval Portlet.

[Jeff L]

I recall that the pen in question changed over the years. This one is from 1889.

 

http://sites.google.com/site/jefflwinpages/_/rsrc/1274375747447/ads/Cross_Ad_1889_Peerless.jpg

[rhr]

You're right, Jeff. I haven't seen any images of them, but I understand that the pen in the sign was later changed to a Moore safety pen, and then finally to a Moore Tuscan, perhaps one in RHR like the pen in the masthead for Ron Dutcher's website, http://www.lionandpen.com/ . Anna Lawson was responsible for creating that logo for him. The stylo in the printed logo, however, always stayed the same. The company logo and the store sign never incorporated a pencil, as far as I know.

 

George Kovalenko.

 

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/rhrpen/lionpenjpeg.jpg

Edited May 21, 2010 by rhr