Large Yukari-size balance-form maki-e fountain pen, lever-filler, ball-ended gold-plated clip engraved "Dunhill". 140mm. Large 18K gold No. 20 Dunhill-Namiki oval-vent nib, broad, no flex. Depicts a goldfish in low-relief takamaki-e on a black urushi field. Unsigned. Vintage Dunhill-Namiki pens in the Yukari size are seldom seen, particularly with maki-e ornamentation. Fine condition, light rubs to lacquer, small rubbed spot to goldfish decoration. -Murakami, Tomihiro. Dunhill-Namiki and Lacquer Pens . [Sakura City: 2002], p. 67: "The lacquer pen with No. 20 nib only has small quantities. Almost all the pens with the No. 20 nib are simple black lacquer pens."
Large Yukari-size balance-form maki-e fountain pen, lever-filler, ball-ended gold-plated clip engraved "Dunhill". 140mm. Large 18K gold No. 20 Dunhill-Namiki oval-vent nib, broad, no flex. Depicts a goldfish in low-relief takamaki-e on a black urushi field. Unsigned. Vintage Dunhill-Namiki pens in the Yukari size are seldom seen, particularly with maki-e ornamentation. Fine condition, light rubs to lacquer, small rubbed spot to goldfish decoration. -Murakami, Tomihiro. Dunhill-Namiki and Lacquer Pens . [Sakura City: 2002], p. 67: "The lacquer pen with No. 20 nib only has small quantities. Almost all the pens with the No. 20 nib are simple black lacquer pens."
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