VINTAGE WATERMAN GREEN FOUNTAIN PEN 1930

A touch of history ... VINTAGE WATERMAN GREEN FOUNTAIN PEN.

Some background information on Waterman:
Lewis Edson Waterman was born in 1837 at Decatur, Otsego County, New york, where he received a limited education. At the age of sixteen he moved with his family to Illinois. The entrepreneur in him showed at an early age when he worked as a carpenter during the summer months and, as a result of self-instruction, as a school teacher during the winter. He then became a publisher's agent, a teacher of shorthand and finally an insurance agent. In the early 1880's L.E. Waterman was selling life insurance in New York City. This was a very competitive field and all applications had to be signed with ink. On one occasion, having completed an application for a large policy with one of the fountain pens of the day, Waterman met his client for the all-important signing. His pen however, let him down and, instead of recording the signature, flooded ink over the document, ruining the application. Although he hastily prepared a duplicate application, a rival broker took advantage of the situation and secured the business for himself. It was after this incident that Waterman recognized there was a need for a dependable fountain pen. Using his natural mechanical talents, he set out to develop one. And that is how the Waterman pen business started !

OBJECT GROUP: stationery
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
STYLE : vintage
PERIOD : 1930
MATERIAL : green plastic with gold color
WEIGHT : 11,30 gram (11,30 dwt)
BRAND : WATERMAN
HALLMARKS: no trace
REMARKS: the pen is a lever-filler pen, there is a handle to fill the pen with ink.
CONDITION : acceptable condition
SIZE : fountain pen: 117,00 cm (46,06 inch) capped and 110,00 cm (43,31 inch) posted.
Please when referring to this piece, mention the following number: 95348-0465, or click here.


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