Product Description
Type Modern luxury fountain pen
Product Name Dolce Vita Stantuffo Star Collection. This was a collaboration between Delta and Chatterley Pens, and was based on Delta's Dolce Vita Oversize model. Only 10 pens were made, and this one is inscribed as number 05/10 just above the cap rings. We believe this is the only oversize Dolce Vita piston filler, all the regular production oversized pens were cartridge/converter except for these and other Chatterley collaborations.
Manufacturer and Year Delta, Italy -- circa 2013.
Length 5-9/16" and fat, we consider this an oversize pen. There were a lot of versions in the Dolce Vita family, an official "oversize" and the Stantuffo "oversize," and we are fairly confident we have identified the model properly (It has the star emblen on the cap.). We measure the barrel at .58 inches in diameter, and the cap at .67.
Filling System Piston-filling system. As is typical with Delta pens, the piston system clicks when the plunger is fully retracted.
Color Oro - delightful bright golden orange. Engraved sterling cap ring, and rhodium-plated trim.
Nib Fine 18k "Fusion" nib. Delta designed this technology that fuses a gold plate on the top of a steel nib, which is supposed to heat the ink and make it flow more smoothly.
Condition Excellent condition, in box with papers. (The box is not the original to the pen.) There is light handwear and microscratching. There is a stain on the barrel, near the ink window; we have included a detailed photo of this area in the pictures. The trim is perfect, with no scratching, polishing marks, or brassing or plating wear. The pen ships in a Delta box with paperwork, and a bottle of black Delta ink, BUT THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL BOX. No cracks or chips.
