Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Auction: May 20, 2015 11:00:00 AM EDT
The double-nibbed fountain pen with red resin barrel and two separate sections, each half with overlay silver and gold-plate engraved with symbolic elements, the pen is magnetically suspended inside a display with two dragons forming a circle, held by a cone-shaped dual reservoir crystal inkwell, with original box and papers, and eyedropper.
L: 6 in. (pen). H: 9 1/2, W: 7 in. (stand).Provenance: From the collection of a South Carolina gentleman.