Hello From Seville, Spain

[EnriqueC2]

Hello everyone from Spain, thank you for accepting me here.

 

By chance I discovered that some of the old fountain pens that I had at home were of Japanese origin, maybe someone could help me identify the artist who made it.

 

It is an old Dunhill brand box that contains a fountain pen, a pen and a cigarette holder. The pen is signed, but the pen is not. The Dunhill Namiki pen is number 6. It was a wedding gift from 1936, and its owner died in the Spanish Civil War in 1937.

 

I hope you like it and I thank you for your reception.

 

EnriqueC2

[jar]

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[ThomasB]

Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana...Enjoy your time here

[PAKMAN]

Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

[northstar]

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[ygv]

Welcome to FPN!

[mitto]

Greetings and welcome to FPN.

[Henricum_Tropen]

Hello and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

 

I would say you've got a very important and expensive pen there, especially if you have the provenance of the original owner as evidence. I think the design is called "Golden Pheasant", which is also part of Namiki's current "Nippon Art" range.

 

https://www.google.co.za/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjyjJqoo8DhAhXPxYUKHe_uBgwQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpolybull.com%2Fproduct%2Fnew-namiki-nippon-art-golden-pheasant-maki-e-fountain-pen-14k-gold-nib-173632368969&psig=AOvVaw3AUXJZsNcvNETQ2DJQkoe_&ust=1554804982042373

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--zIKPNNGqyQ/TdkMmn-eDAI/AAAAAAAAEGA/4nF35h3PTxY/s1600/Namiki-GP-01.jpg

[antleo]

Welcome and hope you have good time here!

[EnriqueC2]

Thank you all for your reception and comments, I am pleasantly surprised and it seems to me a forum of authentic experts.

My friend Catherine, from Diest, Belgium, managed to identify the artist. His name is Hogai or Hokai Kato, I have also found another work signed by him, that you can see in the following link:

https://www.artcurial.com/en/lot-namiki-circa-1920-1930-etui-cigarettes-en-bois-laque-noir-motif-dun-poisson-dor-signe-au-dos

Thank you Henricum_Tropen, from Cape Town, for your comment, I have been looking at the Golden pheasant link, but I think it could be another species of bird, maybe a common pheasant, like the one that can be seen in this link

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-necked_Pheasant/media-browser/65615251

Thank you very much, I hope you spend a wonderful week

[AlexLeGrande]

Welcome. I spent 5 days in your beautiful city in 2017.

[Wahl]

Bienvenido Enrique, tienes una joya !

 

[DrColeman1102]

¡Bienvenido, Enrique!

[1nkulus]

You have successfully entered a rabbit hole, who knows what it'll yield and where it'll lead.

Enjoy the fascinating journey and feel free to ask/share...