'Progress' pen, English 1930s, enamel Tudor rose at top

[Scripsit]

Anybody seen this or know anything about it? I got it in an eBay lot a while ago, just got it back from repair person, who sealed a crack in the cap lip. Some reference to 450th anniversary of Henry VII's 1485 coronation, which would have been in 1935? The pen looks like it's from around that time.

http://www.gis.net/~morrison/progress2.jpg

 

http://www.gis.net/~morrison/progress3.jpg

 

http://www.gis.net/~morrison/progress5.jpg

 

http://www.gis.net/~morrison/progress6.jpg

 

Thanks!

Rob

[Strang]

Wow!

[zquilts]

WoW is right!

[xena]

Just gorgeous.

[dandelion]

Another wow! A very special beauty. The rose on the top is lovely - it is very understated and then - a rose on the top of the cap.

[krandallkraus]

Yes, WOW! And quack, quack, quack, but like you, I want to know what it is, i.e., what is it commemorating, when it did so, etc. There must be an FPN Brit out there who can answer your questions and/or do some research on it. That is one gorgeous pen. Personally I'd like to hear just a bit more about the eBay auction and what you got and where you got it from. Who knew there were such real treasures out there. Now if we could know something about the person(s) who owned it....

[Scripsit]

Yes, WOW! And quack, quack, quack, but like you, I want to know what it is, i.e., what is it commemorating, when it did so, etc. There must be an FPN Brit out there who can answer your questions and/or do some research on it. That is one gorgeous pen. Personally I'd like to hear just a bit more about the eBay auction and what you got and where you got it from. Who knew there were such real treasures out there. Now if we could know something about the person(s) who owned it....

Yes, would like to have learned something from the seller but he didn't know anything. It's been awhile, but as I remember it was English general antiques person who was selling small accumulation of pens obtained over the years. I was hoping, as you say, that some UK person might know something. It's a curious thing. So much cooler than the initials on top of your normal Diamond Medal or whatever. The nib is a kind of blobby oblique and really pretty neat too. I just got a bunch of stuff back from Ron Zorn and am photographing them all to put on my site and on eBay to help pay for my trip to Boston for the pen show. Rob

[GladWriter]

Oh WOW!

 

The rose is spectacular and the green is gorgeous. I am SUCH a lover of really great green pens.

[ericthered2004]

What a beauty! And I love "progress" as a name for a pen company. Very 30's.

 

Regards

eric.

[Strang]

After a look at the pen history forum, it looks like Osmia introduced a Progress model in 1935 (coincidental?) I don't know anything about Osmia beyond the fact that they evolved (if I got this right) from a small German company in 1918 or so and I have no idea whether they made pens in Britain. But this may be a place to start.