SW821 Swan No. 2 Safety Screw Cap Eyedropper. (Fine)

SW821 Swan No. 2 Safety Screw Cap Eyedropper. (Fine)

Date: c1910s

Size: Capped - 129mm; posted - 167mm.

This Swan pen is made from black chased hard rubber.  The chasing consists of wavy hatched hoops and is quite faded, especially on the barrel.  The hard rubber of cap and barrel also exhibit colour fading, which is more pronounced on the cap.  Other than that the pen is still in good nick.  The cap and barrel have no cracks, splits or chips and no noticeable scratches either.  The caps on these pens have an inner cap that fits tight to the section when the cap is screwed down to prevent leaks.  The imprint on the cap is still nice and readable; the one on the barrel has worn away, and is barely distinguishable.  The nib is a very nice Mabie Todd No. 2, made in New York, USA.  The nibs on these early Swan pens were either narrow shouldered, long tined, and flexible, or wide-shouldered, short tined, and either soft-to medium, or stubs, or oblique nibs.  This one is short tined.

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib writes very smoothly with a lovely consistent fine width line.