No. 15 eyedropper-filler, black hard rubber with abalone panels, two gold-filled bands with engraved scrollwork, gold-filled filigree cap. 131mm. No. 3 Lucky Curve keyhole-vent nib, slight flex. Very fine condition; cartouche elaborately monogrammed in the Edwardian manner, light cap marks to endpiece, abalone panels immaculate. -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World. [Epping: 2005]. All-abalone version not pictured or described; see pp. 62-63 for the more commonly-seen mother-of-pearl and abalone iteration. -Fischler, George & Stuart Schneider. Fountain Pens and Pencils: The Golden Age of Writing Instruments . [Westchester: 1990], p. 93. Parker 15 eyedroppers with all-abalone panels are significantly harder to find than examples with alternating mother-of-pearl and abalone panels, the ratio being about 5:1.
No. 15 eyedropper-filler, black hard rubber with abalone panels, two gold-filled bands with engraved scrollwork, gold-filled filigree cap. 131mm. No. 3 Lucky Curve keyhole-vent nib, slight flex. Very fine condition; cartouche elaborately monogrammed in the Edwardian manner, light cap marks to endpiece, abalone panels immaculate. -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World. [Epping: 2005]. All-abalone version not pictured or described; see pp. 62-63 for the more commonly-seen mother-of-pearl and abalone iteration. -Fischler, George & Stuart Schneider. Fountain Pens and Pencils: The Golden Age of Writing Instruments . [Westchester: 1990], p. 93. Parker 15 eyedroppers with all-abalone panels are significantly harder to find than examples with alternating mother-of-pearl and abalone panels, the ratio being about 5:1.
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