I am selling a gorgeous mint, boxed Montegrappa Dante Alighieri Divina Commedia Paradiso Roller ball Pen. This historical personality, who needs no further
presentation, has been the inspiration for a new stunning pen design, capturing the essence of his epic Divina Comedia poetic masterpiece.
Montegrappa's Press Release stated.............
The much-awaited final chapter in our celebration of Italy’s supreme poet has arrived. Following last year’s Dante Alighieri: Inferno and Dante Alighieri: Purgatorio, our Divina Commedia series is completed with the release of the astonishing Dante Alighieri: Paradiso, available from the second half of April, 2022.
Dante Alighieri: Paradiso more than lives up to its name and the high standards of craftsmanship set by its predecessors. Whereas Inferno and Purgatorio reckoned with matters of sin, our tribute to the third book of the Divine Comedy symbolizes virtue and divine love in both spirit and style. The striking beauty of Dante Alighieri: Paradiso has dual significance: as a stand-alone piece, and as a gateway to one of the most accomplished collections created in our 110-year history.
Its design continues the essential artisanal concept and narrative style of Inferno and Purgatorio. Once again, a Montegrappite core combines with elaborate lost wax sculpting, but this time, the earthly circles and terraces of earlier editions are replaced by Heaven’s celestial spheres.
Each sphere is represented by colored stones – zirconia (silver) and precious gems (gold) – set into the length of the barrel, with labels in English and Italian. On the opposing side, scenes from Dante’s pilgrimage towards God depict his encounters with human virtue: fortitude, justice, temperance and prudence on spheres 1-7, followed by faith, hope and charity/love (sphere 8).
Nine orders of angels encircle the cap, comprising the ‘Primum Mobile’ – a ninth cosmological sphere around which all else rotates. They rise towards three shining discs on the cap top, elaborating Dante’s visualization of God as the holy trinity. Glorifications on blind cap, cap rings and clip add period-correct ornamentation.
Like the prequel designs, editions for Dante Alighieri: Paradiso follow Dante’s numerological symbolism, with 333 fountain pens and rollerballs in sterling silver/vermeil, and 9 of each in 18K yellow/white gold. Fountain pens are piston-fed, with a 18K white/yellow gold nib custom-engraved with Dante’s likeness, and paired with an ebonite feed.
Custom packaging again resembles an antique leather book to perfectly reinforce the three-volume structure of the Divine Comedy. Realized in sky blue, it completes a trilogy that reflects Dante’s progression through hell, purgatory and heaven.
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An important note regarding the nib and writing performance of this fountain pen
A fountain pen nib can be a joy to write with, provided it has been tuned properly. Unfortunately factory settings are not optimal for some fountain pens that are new "out of the box", and occasionally tuning is required. Your pen, once purchased, will be checked by us prior to sending. It may need some tuning.
After purchase and before sending each fountain pen, whether a gold, palladium, steel or other metal nib, I will test the nib unit with ink, and check (and adjust as necessary) to ensure it writes correctly. Then I will wash the nib unit and dry it. In this way I can be sure the pen will write correctly........ BUT sometimes there some residual water/ink will find its way down the feeder during courier air travel.
If the buyer prefers this procedure not be undertaken, a message to that effect should be left with the order. However, in such circumstances the writing performance shall not be warranted, and I will not accept returns on account of the writing performance of the nib, or the presence of residual fluid around the nib/feeder.