I Need Help Identifying A Nice Unmarked Fountain Pen

[WhitefieldME]

Hello again. I have a very nice small woodgrain ringtop fountain pen I'd like to identify to it's maker, if possible. The nib is marked "warranted 14k" and the lever has a "laurel" on it. Any help is appreciated.

[saimaster327]

I have no idea what this pen is, but I have to say I love the color combination on it. Now I am curious about what this is too.

[bernardo]

A closeup of the nib and the lever would help; it seems the lever has some markings...

[WhitefieldME]

I am attaching pics of the nib, feed & close up of the lever. Thanks again for your suggestions and help!

[Uncle Red]

It may be an Eclipse, from Richard Binder's website

 

 

(Eclipse Fountain Pen Company) A pen manufacturing company located initially in San Francisco, California; moved some time before 1917 to New York City. Founded in 1903 by Marx Finstone, the company sold three major lines of pens: Eclipse at the top, Marxton in the middle (illustrated below, lower, an uncommon glass-nib pen), and Park Row at the bottom (third tier, with a name probably chosen for its similarlity to Parker.). At one time, Eclipse advertising attempted to clip Parker’s wings by pointing out that Eclipse was the world’s largest producer of red pens (below, upper, a rare bandless Eclipse). In 1925, Eclipse set up a Canadian subsidiary which in 1962 bought out the parent company. Beginning in 1929, a “child” company called Monroe sold a more luxurious line. Among Eclipse’s significant accomplishments was Finstone’s development of a method for making celluloid tube by spirally wrapping celluloid strip stock and fusing the seam (U.S. Patent Nº 1,576,588), thereby greatly reducing material cost and machining time. See also Dual Duty, Monroe.

[DanF]

I have a couple of Morrison pens that have a similar Laurel on the lever, but also have an LM engraved in the center of the laurel. Perhaps yours is an earlier version before they added the LM?

 

You might also post this in the repair forum, where it might be seen by those with more knowledge about vintage pens.

 

 

Dan