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|'''Mark 1 lateral L''' || | |'''Mark 1 lateral L''' ||30 | ||
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|'''Mark 2''' || | |'''Mark 2''' ||BRONZE FALCON | ||
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|'''Mark 3''' || | |'''Mark 3''' ||SPENCERIAN | ||
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|'''Mark 4''' ||N | |'''Mark 4''' ||NEW YORK, N.Y. | ||
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There are three distinct versions of the Spencerian #30 Bronze Falcon Pen (bronze finish) in the Chappy's Nibs collection: | There are three distinct versions of the Spencerian #30 Bronze Falcon Pen (bronze finish) in the Chappy's Nibs collection: | ||
* [[Spencerian | * [[Spencerian 30 v1 | '''Version 1:''' ]] Spencerian is Mark 3 | ||
* [[Spencerian | * [[Spencerian 30 v2 | '''Version 2:''' ]] Spencerian is Mark 2, plus other marking differences | ||
* [[Spencerian | * [[Spencerian 30 v3 | '''Version 3:''' ]] Same as Version 2, adds a lateral endcap that says England | ||
(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.) | (These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.) | ||
The nib pictured below is '''Version | The nib pictured below is '''Version 3'''. | ||
====Photos==== | ====Photos==== | ||
Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 2200 x 640. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196. | Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 2200 x 640. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196. | ||
[[File:Picture | [[File:Picture 934.jpg|thumb|650px|none|Spencerian 30 v1 - top view]] | ||
[[File:Picture | [[File:Picture 936.jpg|thumb|650px|none|Spencerian 30 v1 - side view, upper]] | ||
[[File:Picture | [[File:Picture 935.jpg|thumb|650px|none|Spencerian 30 v1 - side view, lower]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 19:31, 10 February 2021
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| Spencerian 30 v1 | |
| Manufacturer | Perry & Co. for Spencerian Steel Pen Co. |
| Nib No. | 30 |
| Descr. | Bronze Falcon |
| Tip | |
| Markings | Exterior |
| Mark 1 lateral L | 30 |
| Mark 2 | BRONZE FALCON |
| Mark 3 | SPENCERIAN |
| Mark 4 | NEW YORK, N.Y. |
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Described in contemporary advertising (Zanarian) as: "Spencerian Steel Pens. No. 2 (Counting House Pen). A larger pen than No. 1 (College). Fine pointed: adapted to the use of correspondents. Excellent for the bookkeeper." A Spencerian sample card (see Smithsonian Libraries Exhibit on trade literature) included a sample of the #2 Counting House Pen among 11 samples--listing it as a "Fine point. Excellent for bookkeeping. Holds plenty of ink." Another Spencerian sample card included the #2 Counting House Pen among 26 samples.
The Blam Nib site says that The Spencerian Steel Pen Co. was formed In 1858 as a subsidiary of the Ivison Phinney Publishing Company, later known as Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, & Co., and finally in 1869 as Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co. The New York City-based pen company (Spencerian Steel Pen Co.), was a pen distribution company that purchased its nibs from an English manufacturer, having no factories of its own. The Spencerian pens were made in Birmingham, England, by Sir Josiah Mason for Perry & Co. This explains why many Spencerian nibs have markings for both New York, N.Y. and England.
Versions
There are three distinct versions of the Spencerian #30 Bronze Falcon Pen (bronze finish) in the Chappy's Nibs collection:
- Version 1: Spencerian is Mark 3
- Version 2: Spencerian is Mark 2, plus other marking differences
- Version 3: Same as Version 2, adds a lateral endcap that says England
(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)
The nib pictured below is Version 3.
Photos
Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 2200 x 640. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196.
