Vintage "Pelikan 400" Fountain Pen-Pearl Tortoiseshell-14K HOM Nib-Germany 1950s.
In 1863 Günther Wagner, a chemist, became partner in a business founded by Carl Hornemann. In 1878 Wagner added the name "Pelikan" from one of the elements in his family crest: a pelican feeding four chicks in its nest. The Pelikan factory produced ink, paints, glue, type writer ribbons, stencils, stamp pads and carbon paper. In the 1950s the clip got redesigned in the shape of a pelican beak. After Wagner’s retirement his son-in-law and successor Fritz Beindorff led the company to become one of the world’s leading makers of fountain pens. In the 1970s Pelikan Schoolpens, together with those of Geha were the most popular pens in Germany.
Specifications:
-Colour: pearl tortoiseshell striated
-Cap top imprint: Pelikan emblem
-Clip: pelican beak
-Barrel imprint: Gunther Wagner Pelikan HOM
-Nib imprint: Pelikan 585 14 Karat HOM
-Nib material: 14 karat gold
-Nib size: hard oblique medium
-Size capped: approximately 4.7"
-Country of manufacture: Germany
-Time of production: 1950s
-Technical condition: the piston-filling mechanism is in working order.
-Optical condition: shows some traces of wear.
-Please enlarge all of the photos and make up your own mind of the overall condition.