EARLY VINTAGE " SWAN " SF230/60, BHR, 14CT No2 N. Y. NIB, MABIE TODD C. 1926 ENGLAND
Item History & Price
Early Vintage "SWAN"SF230/60SELF-FILLER
Lever-Filling Fountain PenMade in England 1926
Black Hard Rubber
Here for your consideration, a lovely long and elegantVintage Swan SF 230/60, Self-Filler Fountain Pen....in Black Hard Rubber...Overall, still very Black in colour although the Cap's finish has lightened a little to a dark brown colour over time.
Manufactured by MABIE. TODD & Co, England.......around 1926.
It is in very good order t...hroughout and made to very high standards of quality.__________
The Cap is in very good condition...it has a beautiful "red-ripple" hard rubber insert at its top with a gold filled band...there is also the "Swan" logo imprint on the top....The "ball-end" Clip is in very nice condition..there is light loss to the plating in places...it still shines up nicely.....there are no cracks or breaks...it screws on and posts securely on to the Barrel.
________________ The beautiful "semi-flexible" 14CT No2 Nib is medium tipped...worth mentioning is that there is a tiny hairline crack on both sides of the breather hole...they seem very stable.
..It is marked ...
MABIE- . - TODD- & CO -N. Y.- 2 -
...... It has a very good iridium tip, well aligned tines, and it writes smoothly and well...a fine to broad line.
... The Feed has a clear imprint ... "SWAN" S.F.2
It has a beautiful long Section ...in excellent condition.
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The Barrel is in very good condition ....only wear due to great age and use ...and, as mentioned earlier, still very black in colour...no bad marks or breaks.... there are two narrow Barrel Gold filled bands...they show a little wear but still shine up nicely.
..the Barrel imprint is clear... it reads...
SWAN TRADE MARK LOGO "SWAN" SELF-FILLERMABIE. TODD & CO. LTD
MADE IN ENGLAND
The simple sturdy, long and elegant, round ended, straight Lever works well and is in excellent condition..
...on the base of the Barrel, it has the number imprint...
230____60
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The pen has been fully- serviced, re-sac'd and is in excellent working condition._____________
Overall, a very beautiful, long and elegant, "SWAN" SF 230/60, SELF-FILLER fountain pen with a lovely smi-flexible 14Ct New York Nib.....manufactured by the great Mabie.Todd Company, England. ... in very good condition....
..a very collectable and usable pen..... Showing only wear commensurate with careful usage and great age.__________
The pen has been test filled and then flushed clean....and finally given a light polish with "Renaissance wax" to maintain and preserve the pen's beautiful patina._______
Pen size is 13.4 cm capped and 16.8 cm posted.
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