1950S: Parker Holy Water Sprinkler

[wkspear]

I had no idea, but Parker made a holy water sprinkler from its pen design. It's an aerometric filler and was clearly marketed to Catholic priests. I've included the eBay link. Auction ends in four hours.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1950s-Parker-Holy-Water-Sprinkler-Near-Mint-/220741700659?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33653b0c33

[jar]

I had no idea, but Parker made a holy water sprinkler from its pen design. It's an aerometric filler and was clearly marketed to Catholic priests. I've included the eBay link. Auction ends in four hours.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item33653b0c33

 

Also to the Anglican Communion and many Lutherans.

[scribere]

Huh. That's news to me! I should pass this information on to a seminarian friend of mine; he'd probably be quite interested in knowing this bit of trivia.

[lsmith42]

I've seen one of these in the SF Antique Mall... very interesting...

[pajaro]

One of the Catholic priests in our parish in Boston had one of these sprinklers in the 1950s. It looked more like a 51.

[rockspyder]

It is described in Andreas Lambrou's book "FP's vintage & modern"

Edited February 21, 2011 by rockspyder

[Splicer]

$330? Wow, too rich for my blood. Still would be an awesome piece of Parker history.

[Pentigleo]

One sold on UK ebay four or five years ago for around £80-£100 if memory serves. Was offered for sale by non pen collector and described as damaged Parker fountain pen lacking nib! Guess the seller got a nice suprise at the final price paid, but might have got even more if the correct description had been applied.

[Shangas]

I recall seeing one of those on Richard Binder's site once. An interesting little thing.