Art Deco Pens

[nicholasyeo]

I think I remember the Waterman Charleston being advertised as Art Deco inspired! I liked the white coloured one alot. Strangely Waterman as a brand didn't resonate with me very much. Apart from that, pretty much all the Omas pens have some Art Deco styling, especially on the cap bands. My favourite is the faceted Arte Italiana which was mentioned above.

Edited June 19, 2014 by nicholasyeo

[ANM]

Waterman's Charleston is based on Watermans Hundred Year pen from the 1940's

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN1486_zpsdd8a0d5d.jpg

[inkstainedruth]

I still think the 51 was more in the feel of The Bauhaus than Art Deco.

I'd tend to agree with you -- it's the whole "less is more" aesthetic.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[trdsf]

I based my statement on Parker 51 being closer to Bauhaus because Lazlo Maholy-Nagy, who was an instructor at the Bauhaus before he fled Hitler's Germany and came eventually to the US, expressed admiration for the Parker '51' at the time he was doing some other design work for them.

 

I can see a stylistic argument for it, sure. I'm just not wholly convinced by it. And besides, it's a 51. Who wouldn't express admiration?

[ANM]

I wouldn't. I don't go all that much for Bauhaus either.

 

edited to add Maholy-Nagy founded the American Bauhaus school and one of his designs for Parker was used as a desk pen holder for the 51 desk pen.

Edited June 19, 2014 by ANM

[amberleadavis]

The 3 rib "Toaster" jewel is generally considered Art Deco-ish. (AmberLeaDavis, this is the pen with a different nib. The 2442 looks neater.)

 

Black Esterbrook Transitional, 1st model around '43 ish.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

 

 

It's prettier in person.

[OcalaFlGuy]

It's had the 2442 Falcon nib installed since the above pic was taken.

 

 

A fairly distinctively different look than most of the other Estie nibs. I think it Definitely adds a more of an Art Deco look to the pen.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[Ursus]

Montblanc made some clips in the late fourties which looked rather art deco...

[Ian the Jock]

I don't know much about art movements, but I thought Art Deco looked more along the lines of this type of thing.

Please don't tell me I'm a buffoon for calling this my "deco" pen.

[RNHC]

Sorry, I have to disagree. As ANM and others have said, Hero 100 / Parker 51 is not Art Deco. Art Deco would be Parker Vacumatic that usk15 posted.

Edited January 9, 2015 by RNHC

[ANM]

Art Deco

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/chrysler-building-address.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/Chryslerbuildinggargoyle.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/c_art_deco_postersjpgtheStreamedlin.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/RonsonTablelighter.jpg

 

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/Ronsonlighter.jpg

 

 

Later but close enough

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/skylineandbuilding-1.jpg

 

Not so much IMHO

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/greensuper21.jpg

Edited January 9, 2015 by ANM

[bsenn]

The brown lighter is so cool!

[RNHC]

 

I'm not sure that I agree the Parker 51 is Bauhaus -- it seems more Modernist to me. It would look more appropriate on the desk in, say, a Lautner house than a Gropius. I'd suggest a Rotring Tintenkuli as a Bauhaus-style pen. But I digress.

 

I thought Bauhaus belonged under the Modernist umbrella. If anything, Modernist aesthetic, in general sense, is even more minimalist than Bauhaus. The relative ornateness of Parker 51 clip would automatically disqualify it from being a Modernist design, IMHO.

[arkiemark]

First post for me- wanted to chime in since I'm currently the Vice President of the Chicago Art Deco Society. I just got into fountain pens and did some research on finding some that reflected that era's aesthetic and the most modern and available pen that rang with all those traits was OMAS, especially their vintage style Paragons. They feature clean faceted sides and three signature cap bands along with gorgeous celluloid. The company was even founded in the middle of the deco period (late 1920's/early 1930's).

 

Funny thing about Art Deco is that it wasn't a consistent style, with each country, each region having their own variation and even their own name of the aesthetic which spanned generally from inter-war periods of 1919-1939. Many items are considered deco that were created before and after that timeframe, pens included. Plenty of experts point to the 1925 Paris Exhibition as the introduction of high Art Deco but more research has revealed that a lot of designers were simplifying their forms and adding elements that previewed the style even as far back as 1900. Main tenents of the style are angularity, luxury of materials, and a celebration of modernity and speed. Fountains, electricity, sun rays, and anything in multiples of threes can easily be classified as part of the style, but all in all, there's really no one singular Art Deco as mentioned hilariously by one of my professors saying a "it's like pornography- hard to define, but you know it when you see it"!

[FLZapped]

Stumbled on this 1930 Parker Duofold Desk pen

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Duofold_Desk_Set.jpg

[ANM]

FLZapped. Glad you like it. It is my pen.

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2171_zpsbf9d4998.jpg

 

Here is my much messier desk with the same mouse pad and box in the background (also Art Deco era) Someone else took my picture; posted it and took credit for it.

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2173_zpsef2db253.jpg

 

The brown lighter is so cool!

 

Thanks. That lighter is also a cigarette case.

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2170_zpsce3f2077.jpg

Edited January 10, 2015 by ANM

[bsenn]

Thanks. That lighter is also a cigarette case.

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2170_zpsce3f2077.jpg

Larger than I thought, the scale was hard to tell from the photo. An even better show piece than a regular size lighter! I'll have to keep an eye out for that while antiquing.

 

Brian

[ANM]

They are not hard to find. Here is another one. Makes me almost sorry I quit smoking. Not really.

 

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2176_zpsce8bf75d.jpg http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN2178_zps8c984a85.jpg

Edited January 10, 2015 by ANM

[balson]

there are a lot of cool pens out there with a deco styling. salz pens are really under appreciated but they had quite a few interesting designs. the photo is washed out, but here is one example with a totally brassed deco style clip

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u1RDf7qrXfw/VJxWZ0BeSuI/AAAAAAAABZs/yrOP2Ezc8tg/s1600/salzpen.jpg

[ANM]

Very nice balson. I like the caps band too. Strange looking nib though.