Cartier Art Deco China Inspiration Limited Edition 888 Fountain Pen

Super smooth medium 18k gold nib.

Year: 2009

Limited Edition: 245/888

Cartridge / Converter filling (a Cartier converter is included)

Measures 14,9 cm (capped)

Made in France

The pen is of exquisite craftmanship, as expected for an item, very well balanced and it is on the heavier side.

When holding this pen you can definitely feel its quality!

Chinoiserie-inspired design reflecting Asian influence on Art Deco.

A tapered fountain pen is dark with black enamel and an ornate, Deco style design in platinum finish, with 18k gold Medium nib.

A carved jade plaque adds a touch of color to the top of the cap and a smaller bezel-set jade cabochon rests at the very bottom of the pen. Art Deco arabesque and clouds décor adorn the tapered black lacquer on both barrel and cap . 

The pen is in excellent condition with minor/minor handling marks that are hardly visible.

Includes manufacturer’s red leather display box (slightly damaged), Cartier Certificate and papers. No white outer box. The inner lining is quite worn and deteriorated.

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Extracts from the booklet:

A pen of Chinese inspiration

This pen is imprinted with China, a country that has often inspired Cartier.

A limited and rare edition with infinitely precious details perpetuating the creative story linking Cartier to China and which began in the early 20th century. 

A mix of stylistic influences, with on the one hand « Art Deco », with its rigorous and geometrical shapes and on the other poetic motifs and materials, black lacquer and palladium finish.

Two worlds at the antipodes coming together by the magic of a graphic and slender pen decorated with allegories. 

Pagoda shape, ornamental spirals, an engraved jade cabochon, Cartier multiplies signs of China and jewellery, from the East and West through this unique work of art.

A pen created in a limited edition of 888 numbered pieces, 8 the symbol of eternity and infinity in Asia.