CARTIER Art Deco Chinese Prestige (China Inspiration) Limited Edition 888 Fountain Pen
Year: 2009
Limited Edition: 069/888
Cartridge / Converter filling (a Cartier converter is included)
Measures 14,9 cm (capped)
Made in France
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 nib (size not indicated, appears Medium).
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 has never been used nor inked. Excellent condition. Light handling marks.
Includes manufacturer’s red leather display box (Cartier COST0065), clear lucite holder, Cartier Certificate (duly stamped; the concerned pen was purchased at the CARTIER Geneva flagship store, Switzerland, on Dec. 2014) and papers. No white outer box.
The inner lining is quite worn and deteriorated.
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.
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