“LOVELY”
VINTAGE
“SWAN”
SF2
FOUNTAIN PEN
LEVER-FILLING FOUNTAIN PEN
MADE IN ENGLAND
EARLY 1920’s
BEAUTIFUL, RED & BLACK HARD RUBBER “WOODGRAIN”STYLE FINISH…
…WITH TWO GOLD FILLED BARREL BANDS
MABIE TODD & Co. LTD, ENGLAND
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Here, for your consideration,
in “Very Good” overall condition, a beautiful, Lever-Filling
Fountain Pen…an Antique…
"SWAN”
SF2
…with a Flexible “SWAN” 14CT, No.2 U.S.A. Nib…
...in beautiful Red & Black “Woodgrain” design, Hard Rubber,
..with Two Gold Filled Barrel Bands, finish…
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Manufactured by MABIE TODD & Co, Ltd
…early 1920’s… England
It is......overall, in very good order throughout.
...and made to very high standards of quality…
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Overall, the Fountain Pen is of a large size …14.1 cm…
The “domed” top, Clipless Cap is in “really nice” condition…
…no bad marks, with beautiful rich colour…it has the SWAN logo imprint on it’s top in white…
...There are no cracks…the Cap tightens up and posts nice and securely on to the barrel.
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The large sized, U.S.A. 14CT Gold, "SWAN" No.2 “Flexible”
Nib is Extra Fine tipped...not a soft flex but much more than a semi-flex…
(Please see photo of the writing example)
...it writes really well with very good ink flow…
…an Extra Fine to near Double Broad line…
..It is marked ...
"SWAN"
2
14 CT
MABIE TODD & CO
MADE IN
U.S.A.
... the Feed is in “excellent” condition...no damage…it has the imprint…
SWAN
...the matching “woodgrain” friction fit” Section is in very nice condition...there is also the imprint …
SWAN SF2
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The Barrel is in “very nice” condition...the finish is a little more faded than on the Cap …the two Gold filled Barrel Bands are in very nice condition…there is only a little wear to the finish…
The Barrel imprint shows wear but can still mostly be read…it reads…
SWAN SWAN SELF-FILLER
(Trade Mark logo) MABIE. TODD & CO. LTD
MADE IN ENGLAND
....there are no breaks or cracks…
…the round ended, Gold plated Lever is in very good condition…some wear showing…and the filling system is in “great working” condition…filling the sac very efficiently… a new number 18 sac has been installed.
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The pen has been fully-serviced and re-sac'd ...it is in “great”working condition.
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Overall, a very nice…
ANTIQUE
"SWAN" S.F.2
LEVER FILLING FOUNTAIN PEN
…in the beautiful Red & Black (Woodgrain) Hard Rubber finish…
....the Fountain Pen having a great “fun to write with”
Extra Fine tipped, “Flexible”,
14Ct Gold, "SWAN" No.2 U.S.A. Nib...
....manufactured by the great Mabie Todd Company around ninety five years ago…
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..This is a highly collectable and still very useable antique fountain pen…
Showing only some wear to the finish from use, which is commensurate with very careful usage and great age.
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The pen has been tested…
...and finally, given a light polish.
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Fountain Pen size is 14.1 cm capped and 17.5 cm posted....
Weight: 18g
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Please look very closely at my numerous photos to see the high quality of this pen, they do form a very important part of my description....
...I am very happy to combine postage on multiple purchases...please just wait to be invoiced in these circumstances.
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