Regent Pen

[English John]

I just received this from the bay, and it has a nice soft broad nib, and seems in fine fettle, apart from corrosion on the clip.

Is it a Onoto/ De La Rue , and when was it made ?

 

The message on the box implies it was a present to Bob in either 1920 or 1929 ... lucky Bob !

 

Just a lovely pen

 

Here are the pictures

 

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http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/english_john/009-2.jpg

http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/english_john/011-2.jpg

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[Wardok]

Nothing known for certain but some conjecture:

 

The picture on the box seems to be of Regent Street in London so it might be a store pen from a shop on that street. Maybe Liberty or Dickins and Jones. There is another Regent Pen here at the bottom http://www.vintagepens.com.au/sale_oth.htm which is later and I would have thought from a different maker. This may support my store pen theory.

 

The later one in the link is a Wyvern (in spite of what the link says). Your pen has the sun logo on the lever which I associate with De la Rue so it may well be made by them. I know that many Department stores would have pens made for them by whichever maker won the tender at the time. The new Conway Stewart has some other examples in it.

[Beechwood]

And also De La Rue were based in Regent Street in the 1920s. Perhaps more of a complication than an answer.

 

The pic attached is for a contemporary De La Rue and note differences in clip and lever design and so on.

 

 

Nice ink by the way!

 

Regards

 

G

Edited December 11, 2010 by Arthur

[English John]

Arthur

 

That is your ink thanks ! Well spotted

 

The De La Rue set you show looks like Celluloid , rather than HR.. But it also looks magnificent.

 

My pen seems to be late 20's , and perhaps a value line.

 

It has an interesting feature - threads at the end of the body so the cap can be posted.

 

All the best

 

John

[rhosygell]

I have an incomplete Goodwin pen with very similar details to your Regent including a sun logo'd lever and threaded barrel end, however I suspect that it may well be a Wyvern product since they were quite prolific contract pen manufacturers. Equally, it could be a TDLR.

[Wardok]

I have thought of a couple of examples of store pens - Harrods had the Grenville, Boots the Chatsworth, WH Smith's the Seal and Lewis's the Standex. As I have been writing this, I have a vague memory that I bought a Boot's Regent Pen earlier this year. I shall look it up next time I'm at home. It was much later pen than this (like a Stephen's 106 Leverfil if I remember correctly) and it has Boots written on it as well.

 

Simon

[peterg]

Some Regent pens were manufactured by Conway Stewart but I don't know who for. If your pen was a CS I would expect to see a clover leaf on the lever rather than a sun which suggests a De La Rue product. The Conway Stewart site has a picture of a Regent pen that looks contemporary to yours for comparison.

 

Peter

[rhr]

If your pen was a CS I would expect to see a clover leaf on the lever

Peter, is the clover leaf a Conway Stewart logo? Take a look at this Topic, #1479, concerning the pen in the picture below. Do you think that this pen would be a CS?

 

George Kovalenko.

 

 

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

[northlodge]

Arthur

 

That is your ink thanks ! Well spotted

 

The De La Rue set you show looks like Celluloid , rather than HR.. But it also looks magnificent.

 

My pen seems to be late 20's , and perhaps a value line.

 

It has an interesting feature - threads at the end of the body so the cap can be posted.

 

All the best

 

John

I have recently come into possession of a BCHR pen that looks every bit the same design as The Regent, including the screw threads at the base, only it carries a plain lollypop lever.

 

 

This one was made for National Security.

 

I am not aware of Burnham or DLR having manufactured under the NS (British Carbon Papers) mark. - Stark & Son, Farringdon & Lang / Curzon of Liverpool certainly did.

 

 

 

 

Also following up on Wardok's 'High Street brands' theme I can add a recent find: "The Somerset" for Selfridge's, London - looks every bit like a late 1920's Conway Stewart.

Edited May 13, 2011 by northlodge

[English John]

Eckithump, who has done wonderful work on this pen, believes it is by Conway Stewart, but I am unsure how he came to his conclusion.

[Parcival]

I bought such a pen from Italy.

[rhosygell]

That reddish orange Regent button filler screams Wyvern - looks like an 80.