Product Description
Type High end modern fountain and ballpoint pen set.
Product Name Sonnet Mark II.
Manufacturer and Year Parker, France, 1998. The date code on the fountain pen is "IIE" for 1998. The date code on the ballpoint pen is Q.III for 2000.
Length The fountain pen is 5-1/4"; the ballpoint pen is 5-3/8"
Filling System The fountain pen takes Parker style cartridges and converters. A piston converter is installed. The ballpoint takes standard Parker ballpoint refills. A working refill is installed.
Color Sterling silver grid pattern finish is one of Parker's well known patterns, called Cicelé. The trim is gold plated. (There's also a silverplate version of this pen that looks almost exactly the same, however it does not have hallmarks. This pen has the 925 hallmark on the cap.). Original red clip token says, "Parker Sonnet Cisele".
Nib MEDIUM 18k nib is soft and smooth.
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a nicely weighted pen set in a classical design with all the little squares intact on both pieces and with dark black outlines on each square. The fountain pen cap has a bit of tarnish behind the end of the clip and a few small scratches inside a few of the squares near the wide cap band. The barrel is perfect. There is a miniscule black dot on the rounded end piece of the barrel. The wide cap band and clip have light microscratching. The top gold clip band is lovely as is the black centerpiece on top of the cap. The ballpoint pen is near mint with just some light microscratching on the wide cap band and the cone. The imprints on both pieces are clear.
