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WATERMAN 42 safety pen - rolled gold guilloché overlay

This Waterman 42 safety pen has a very unusual overlay  where the thick guilloché lines create a rich pattern of decoration with small rosebuds, leaves and geometric lines.

The aesthetic result is very fascinating, with a good balance between the soft and round outlines of the rosebuds and the leaves and the geometric lines of the panels which contain them.

The the decoration of the cap top and the design of the clip clearly locates the production of this overlay in Milan with the Fendograf Company. In fact all Fendograf overlays show the same cap top and very often have this style of clips.

The pen is in outstanding condition, with no brassed areas nor dings. Only the turning knob has a couple of scratches which you can see in the pictures.

Time of production: late 1920's/early 1930's