Spencerian 41
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| Spencerian 41 | |
| Manufacturer | Perry & Co. for Spencerian Steel Pen Co. |
| Nib No. | 41 |
| Descr. | Panama |
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| Markings | Exterior |
| Mark 1 body lateral L | FALCON Nº 41 |
| Mark 2 | SPENCERIAN |
| Mark 3 | PANAMA PEN |
| Mark 4 | DOME-POINTED |
| Mark 5 lateral L | ENGLAND |
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Described in contemporary advertising, a Spencerian sample card (see Spencerian sample card) included the #41 Panama Pen among 26 samples. It is included in the section of the card for Dome Pointed nibs. (Error note: the nib pictured in the sample card photograph is not the same as this nib. It is labeled Panama, and it is in the Dome Pointed section, but it's a big spoon nib.]
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 no additional versions of the Spencerian #41 Panama Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection, as pictured below (gray-finish).
Photos
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