Stylomine lever-filler, looking for background on this pen

[GlennNevill]

Recently acquired this lovely silver pen and would like more information about the model.  I have not found any information about Stylomine pens that were lever fillers.  Any background about this model would be greatly appreciated. Nib reads J.M.P. ,18 Cts, UNIS.FRANCE.  There is a hallmark on the lever and on the lower end of the barrel that looks like AYL,  but I can't be sure.  Also two marks on the cap that could be an animal head, but I can't make out what they are.  Pen is just over 4 inches or 103mm long capped.

 

 

[OMASsimo]

This pen confuses me. The body looks like 1930s to me but that doesn’t seem to comply with the known Stylomine models of the period. They used their own patented pump filling mechanism till the 1950s before they switched to lever fillers. Also the nib imprint points to the 50s because J. M. P. stands for Paillard and they cooperated in the 50s (together with Unic) in pen production. But of course, the nib could have been swapped later.

 

Anyway, it looks like a lovely pen, enjoy!

 

[GlennNevill]

On 3/10/2021 at 5:28 PM, OMASsimo said:

This pen confuses me. The body looks like 1930s to me but that doesn’t seem to comply with the known Stylomine models of the period. They used their own patented pump filling mechanism till the 1950s before they switched to lever fillers. Also the nib imprint points to the 50s because J. M. P. stands for Paillard and they cooperated in the 50s (together with Unic) in pen production. But of course, the nib could have been swapped later.

 

Anyway, it looks like a lovely pen, enjoy!

 

Thanks for the feedback.  I know nothing about the pen and will continue to research it.

[ralfstc]

Hi,

 

According to this page (https://www.fountainpen.it/Stylomine/en) Stylomine did make some overlays before 1930, when they changed to the accordion filler (aka. the brake cable rubber thingy filler). The marks in the lozenge are hallmarks/makers mark for the silver (here's a little info http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchhallmarks.html), and the animal heads may be too (hard to tell from a photo).

 

Have fun with your research!

 

R.

[GlennNevill]

On 3/17/2021 at 4:27 PM, ralfstc said:

Hi,

 

According to this page (https://www.fountainpen.it/Stylomine/en) Stylomine did make some overlays before 1930, when they changed to the accordion filler (aka. the brake cable rubber thingy filler). The marks in the lozenge are hallmarks/makers mark for the silver (here's a little info http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchhallmarks.html), and the animal heads may be too (hard to tell from a photo).

 

Have fun with your research!

 

R.

Many thanks.  I will continue my research.