At Cross Dip Pen

[eaudom]

The AT Cross company dates back to the 1800's. But I haven't seen any of their dip pen nibs. I happened across this one recently, a number, which I am guessing is 14kt gold, and very flexy. It came with a nice travel set.

 

 

[jchch1950]

The first time that I see a set like yours.It is nice.

[eaudom]

Thanks, back right is a pencil. In front are the pen and letter opener. I don’t know what the other two items are.

[shalitha33]

Really nice set

 

Congrats.

[shalitha33]

I have one A.T Cross stylo with a JAN-29-78 patent date. sadly its not functional and needs a new needle. Also have a Duncan Mackinnon with a AUG-12-79 patent which seems functional. Cross pen should work fine as far as I can tell if i replace the needle. These pens are solid and are made to last forever.

 

 

 

Both disassembled, needle on the A.T.Cross is broken off. Both are sadly not early models . If some one has one, would love to see what the needle setup looks like on a first year pen.

 

 

Patent date on the A.T Cross pen.

 

Edited April 3, 2020 by shalitha33

[Anderglan]

Thanks, back right is a pencil. In front are the pen and letter opener. I don’t know what the other two items are.

 

A), the contraption having the short handle: a signet, but perhaps it is not engraved (when the previous owners didn't have a coat of arms, e.g.),

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, some sort of spatula, or palette-knife, (for the sealing wax), ...there may be a more precise term for it.

Edited April 3, 2020 by Anderglan

[jchch1950]

Thanks, back right is a pencil. In front are the pen and letter opener. I don’t know what the other two items are.

I think one of them is for the wax sealing stamp. It may have something like initials or a design for a person or a family. The was sealing was use for id or security reasons.The other instrument(?) looks like a special seal wax remover.

[eaudom]

Thanks for identifying the wax stamp and remover. This particular stamp has no embossing or debossing, just a smooth surface. At first I thought the stamper might have been for tamping tobacco in a pipe, lol.

[PAKMAN]

Very cool set, congrats!

[eaudom]

Thank you. I was going to demo the nib’s flex writing...but quickly realized it’s not like a fountain pen. Open the tines, delivers too much ink to the page, then railroads. Oh well.

[crescentfiller]

I think one of them is for the wax sealing stamp. It may have something like initials or a design for a person or a family. The was sealing was use for id or security reasons.The other instrument(?) looks like a special seal wax remover.

 

I believe it is what's called an "ink eraser." It was used to do just that, erase (scrape and remove) ink from paper (not to be confused with another bladed tool, the quill knife). They are often seen with a very thin, flat handle (often made of bone, horn, or ivory) which was used to cut pages (some books were sold with uncut pages) and to open letters.