Product Description
Type Early fountain pen
Product Name Unknown
Manufacturer and Year The Moore Pen Co., Boston, Mass., USA -- 1920-30s
Length 4-3/4"
Filling System Lever filler, restored with a new sac
Color Gold filled overlay. The overlay spans the entire cap and most of the barrel. It has a pattern of grouped lines alternating with blank spaces.
Nib Fine almost fully flexible #2 nib labeled, "The Moore Pen." Soft feeling with line variation from fine to broad. Please see the writing sample below.
Condition Excellent + condition. This is a slender, shimmery, elegant pen. The cap has some light brassing around the top edge, and one shallow dent in that edge. There is light scratching on both the cap and barrel. There is light plating wear on the cap lip. The clip has plating wear on the edges. The section has light handwear and scratching. The barrel has some light scratching, but no dents or dings. The end of the barrel has brassing and plating wear where the cap has been posted. The lever bar has some brassing and light plating wear on the sides. The imprints are nice and clear.
The cap is personalized with the initials "H F I".