An unusual Conway Stewart

[jhmclearly]

Here we have Conway Stewart 'The Universal Pen' No. 470. Has anyone seen this pattern before? It's not listed in The book of numbers

[joss]

I searched for it in Stephen Hull's Conway Stewart book which I believe shows a CS Universal 479 with this pattern. And the book of numbers shows a 479 with a "Marbled pearl with black flecks" pattern, which seems to match the pattern on your pen.

[jhmclearly]

Many thanks.

 

I'm corresponding with Stephen on his current project so I'll have to ask him

Mine is definitely a 470.

 

Cheers

[andyr7]

Not a particularly uncommon material in the smaller CS pens, though rarer in the larger models. There are two near mint Dinkie 526 pens  (from slightly different eras) shown in my Dinkie book page 51, for example, and I previously owned a Dandy in the same material. MA31-33-02 in my casein material dictionary. https://www.englishpenbooks.co.uk/home/50-years-of-the-dinkie/marble/

 

Andy