Actually, my response to the image was the same as David's, a Parker 1. isaacson@... wrote: > Geez, I'm stumped. That era is far from my focus. At most vague impression it seems to loook bit like a Parker #1 straight cap, but even then I don't insist. I think I have a pic of a #1 somewhere or other, but who knows where? My archives are in disarray. Maybe a predecessor? > > Will be interested to hear more. > > -d > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ardath Bey" <algabatz@...> > To: pens@... > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:24:12 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ZossPens] Very old Parker ID please > > I was recently very fortunate to be able to buy a very old Parker > eyedropper, but I'm having trouble determining which model it is. It's > clearly pre 1899, since it only has the 1894 patent date imprint, it's > also missing the Lucky Curve banner on the body. At first I thought it > was a Special or Silver Dollar, since it's very close in appearance, > with the short cap and tapered gripping section. But lacking the > "Special", "Silver Dollar" or even "Palmer Pen" imprint I thought it > to be part of the numbered series. But there's no number imprinted on > the end, which is slightly domed, as opposed to all my other Lucky > Curves which are flat. > Please click on the link to see an image. > > http://parkercollector.com/bilder/old-parker.jpg > > Then I found that #20 through #25 had the same section and cap in the > catalogues of 1896 and 1897, but it was replaced in 1898 with the odd > "New Style" end. So the pen should have been made between 1894 and > 1897. > But then I realised another anomaly, this pen is also sporting the > christmas tree Lucky Curve feed, which to my knowledge wasn't produced > until sometime 1905... > > Also as far as I have figured, the underfeed wasn't introduced until > sometime 1898. > > The nib has a heart shaped breather hole and is imprinted "Parker > Lucky Curve Pen" sans a number. I don't know when the heart shaped > breather holes were introduced but all this leads me to believe that > the nib and feed was replaced at some point. > > The pen is 147 millimeters long and 9 mm wide, the cap is only 45 > millimeters long. > > Any help sorting this out would be greatly appreciated. > > Tony > http://parkercollector.com > > -- CHECK OUT The PENguin BloG http://thepenguinpen.blogspot.com VISIT the PENguin at http://www.thepenguinpen.com
