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EARLY 20TH C SHEAFFER BALANCE MECH PENCIL/FOUNTAIN FEATHER TOUCH PEN SET, W/CASE
$ 99
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Description
EARLY 20TH CENTURYW. A. SHEAFFER
BOXED SET,
'BALANCE'
MECHANICAL
PENCIL
&
FEATHER TOUCH
FOUNTAIN
PEN,
with
STRIATED
MOTHER
of
PEARL
POLYMER
BODIES
&
GOLD
TRIM
&
HINGED
HARD
CASE,
FORT
MADISON,
IOWA
[Mechanical Pencil:
Pat. #400,
Fountain Pen
(Feather Touch .5,) Pat. # 500]
(Circa 1935-1940)
Pre-WWII
Ame
ri
can
vintage
fountain pens and pen & mechanical pencil cased sets
DIMENSIONS:
Pencil:
5 1⁄4" Length
Fountain Pen:
5 1⁄2" Length
Hard case:
6
1⁄2" Length x 2
3⁄4" Depth x 1
1⁄4" Height
DESCRIPTION:
The fountain pen is unrestored. As with purchasing any
vintage fountain pen and mechanical pencil set,
they may need to be professionally cleaned and have the bladder of the fountain pen checked, since it may need to be replaced. This
Schaeffer
1935-1940
'Balance'
mechanical pencil and fountain pen set,
were made prior to the onset of WWII and still have a distinctively
Art Deco/Streamlined era
design sensibility and decorative attitude. The polymer bodies feature a striated sepia brown, burnt umber, gold and putty white staved composition, where mother of pearl enhanced flashes of color, dash up and down the pen and mechanical pencil vertically. The hinged hard case is original to the pen and pencil set and has a satin lining, that nicely compliments the pen and pencil's coloring. The nib of the fountain pen is half stainless steel and half gold, with the marking
'Schaeffer's Feather Touch #5'
pressed into the facia of the pen nib. The mechanical pencil is in working condition. Estate fresh. Clean.
CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall vintage condition.