General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PEN BARREL AND LID: SYNTHETIC WITH METAL CLIP AND FILLER LEVER/ NIB: GOLD/ BOX & LID: CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.4 cm

Width

2.7 cm

Height

1.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mathematics

Category

Drawing & measuring instruments

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MODERN

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

AFTER 1913 - PATENT DATE

Canada

USED BY KEN HERALD, GRANDSON OF DANIEL HERALD, WHO IN 1862 STARTED A BOAT BUILDING BUSINESS AT GORE'S LANDING ONTARIO WHICH LATER BECAME THE RICE LAKE CANOE CO. HE BEGAN BUILDING WHAT BECAME THE "HERALD PATENT" CEDAR CANOE USING HIS PATENT MOULD. HE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY BUILDERS OF THE "CANADIAN CANOE".

Function

USED TO DRAW OR WRITE WITH INK, USUALLY ON PAPER.

Technical

FOUNTAIN PENS WERE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER STRAIGHT PENS AS THE RESERVOIR ALLOWED FOR THE STORAGE OF INK IN THE PEN READY FOR USE RATHER THAN THE CONSTANT DIPPING IN INK REQUIRED BY THE STRAIGHT PEN

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PEN: STAMPED IN BODY OF PEN: 'ARTHUR A. WATERMAN & CO. N.Y./ MODERN PEN CO. SUCCESSOR/ PAT. NOV.17.03-OCT.11.04/ NOT CONNECTED WITH/ THE L.E. WATERMAN CO.'/ ON CLIP: 'THE/ AA/ CLIP/ PAT./ 1.30'12/ 10.14'13'/ PRINTING ON BOX LID INCLUDES: 'MODERN PEN CO./ SUCCESSOR TO/ ARTHUR A. WATERMAN & CO., N.Y./ NOT CONNECTED WITH/ THE L. E. WATERMAN CO.,/ Fountain/ Pen/ [LOGO:] "AA"/ THE MARK OF/ SUPERIORITY/ AFTER FILLING ANY JOINTED PEN WIPE INK THREAD BARREL, EXTENSION, ETC./ BEFORE CLOSING READ ADVICE IN BOX/ DO NOT REMOVE COLD PEN FROM HOLDER/ SELF-/ FILLING/ READ CAREFULLY ENCLOSED "HINTS" AND THE MAKERS' GUARANTY/.../ MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A.'/ ON NIB: 'WARRANTED/ 14 KT/ 4'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PEN: BLACK/ BOX YELLOW WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

BODY OF PEN AND LID DECORATED WITH ETCHED HORIZONTAL WAVY LINES