Sterling silver eyedropper with elaborate high-relief snail scroll pattern overlay with ornamentation extending to captop, black hard rubber section, lip of barrel imprinted "STERLING" with hallmark, cartouche monogrammed in high Edwardian style. 138mm. No. 4 Edward Todd & Co. (New York) teardrop-vent nib, wonderfully flexible. Excellent condition, original patina, light cap marks to section. Edward Todd & Co. of New York made gold nibs for dip pens for almost 50 years before entering the fountain pen market in the 1890s. Known for their high quality gold and silver pens, including some made exclusively for Tiffany & Co., the company is, as Andy Lambrou notes, "a good example of a precious goods manufacturing jeweler translating his art to fountain pens". Mr. Lambrou continues, "Those with intricate high relief patterns match the beauty of the best pens made by any other manufacturer of that period". -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World . [Epping: 2005]. See pp. 21-22 for information about the Edward Todd & Co. Eyedropper enthusiasts should see p. 23 for a photo of an Edward Todd sterling overlay eyedropper that may indeed be the finest overlay pen of the period. The overlay pens of Edward Todd enjoy an esteem matched by few other small manufacturers of the eyedropper era, and the presence of a distinguished example can elevate a collection to top-level status.
Sterling silver eyedropper with elaborate high-relief snail scroll pattern overlay with ornamentation extending to captop, black hard rubber section, lip of barrel imprinted "STERLING" with hallmark, cartouche monogrammed in high Edwardian style. 138mm. No. 4 Edward Todd & Co. (New York) teardrop-vent nib, wonderfully flexible. Excellent condition, original patina, light cap marks to section. Edward Todd & Co. of New York made gold nibs for dip pens for almost 50 years before entering the fountain pen market in the 1890s. Known for their high quality gold and silver pens, including some made exclusively for Tiffany & Co., the company is, as Andy Lambrou notes, "a good example of a precious goods manufacturing jeweler translating his art to fountain pens". Mr. Lambrou continues, "Those with intricate high relief patterns match the beauty of the best pens made by any other manufacturer of that period". -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World . [Epping: 2005]. See pp. 21-22 for information about the Edward Todd & Co. Eyedropper enthusiasts should see p. 23 for a photo of an Edward Todd sterling overlay eyedropper that may indeed be the finest overlay pen of the period. The overlay pens of Edward Todd enjoy an esteem matched by few other small manufacturers of the eyedropper era, and the presence of a distinguished example can elevate a collection to top-level status.
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