PARKER 51 WITH ITALIAN OVERLAY BY KOSCA - RARE

In the late 1940s the official Parker distributor for Italy commissioned the production of special rolled gold overlays (laminato oro)  for Parker 51s to the Milan-based Kosca company. The basic idea was that the Italian market would appreciate the golden embellishment on the well known 51 model.

The first overlays were numbered, not as a limited edition but simply as a way to keep track of the pieces produced. Later on the serial was abandoned.

For more information about the Kosca Company's activity and its connection with Parker and Waterman, please make reference to the blog:

https://www.tenpen.it/article/kosca-updating-and-additions

This Parker 51 is in perfect aesthetic condition, with no brassing nor damages. It sports the typical Kosca overlay with decorative cap bands and a barley guilloché decoration of the barrel.

Nib grade is M.