Rare John Holland eyedropper, back hard rubber with raised gold-filled overlay featuring rare paisley-snail pattern with alternating vaulted arches. 135mm. No. 12 John Holland Co. heart-vent nib, medium flex. Very fine condition; no fading to black hard rubber, cartouche not engraved, small rubbed spot to one arch, some brassing to endpiece. The John Holland Gold Pen Company of Cincinnati, Ohio was a large manufacturer of fountain pens and related products in the late 19th century. Mr. Holland conducted a number of metallurgical experiments, and he was the first to successfully melt and make casings of iridium, a metal useful for tipping fountain pen nibs. A young George S. Parker was a salesman for the John Holland company and made unauthorized improvements to many of the models that he sold, which encouraged him to start producing his own line of pens. -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World . [Epping: 2005]. See p. 19 for information on the John Holland Gold Pen Company.
Rare John Holland eyedropper, back hard rubber with raised gold-filled overlay featuring rare paisley-snail pattern with alternating vaulted arches. 135mm. No. 12 John Holland Co. heart-vent nib, medium flex. Very fine condition; no fading to black hard rubber, cartouche not engraved, small rubbed spot to one arch, some brassing to endpiece. The John Holland Gold Pen Company of Cincinnati, Ohio was a large manufacturer of fountain pens and related products in the late 19th century. Mr. Holland conducted a number of metallurgical experiments, and he was the first to successfully melt and make casings of iridium, a metal useful for tipping fountain pen nibs. A young George S. Parker was a salesman for the John Holland company and made unauthorized improvements to many of the models that he sold, which encouraged him to start producing his own line of pens. -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World . [Epping: 2005]. See p. 19 for information on the John Holland Gold Pen Company.
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