The access to the Italian State Trade Mark  and Patent Archives and the analysis of a number of pens with overlay have finally made it possible to clarify a few aspects relative to the Milan-based Kosca Company and its production. The chapter about this Company, founded by P. Kohler and C. Schaefer (Vol. I pagg. 269/272) can therefore be enriched with new details and some new interesting  information.

This article was written for a seminar on Italian pens  I held at the Pen show in Washington D.C., Aug. 2019

Year of production: 1994

Number of pieces: 5300

Omas' attempts to gain a place on the scene of lacquered pens.

AN UNWRITTEN CHAPTER  IN OMAS’ HISTORY

Filling the Information Gap

Omas Arco pens included in a 1938 mail catalogue offer an insight on the popularity of arco celluloid in the past