There will be quite a few photos in this article! In general, at first glance, this appears to be a Swan pen & pencil set. That’s what the box indicates and the nib is a Swan No 1.
The style and appearance would suggest that this is a late set, made sometime in the nineteen-fifties. The box, with its truncated triangle shape and imitation crocodile finish, is unusual and attractive.
Let’s have a closer look. The barrel imprint is “Blackbird Self-Filling Pen” and there is a Blackbird image on the clip of the rolled gold cap.
Fyne Poynt pencils were made to be sold by themselves as well as being paired with Blackbird or Swan sets, so it gives us no clue as to which this is.
To summarise, we have a Blackbird pen with a Swan nib in a Swan box. Though it is quite possible that this collection of disparate parts was assembled recently, we know from other pens and sets that in the company’s declining years Mabie Todd – or rather Biro Swan Ltd – cobbled together whatever happened to be in stock.
That’s what this is, I would say, but it is also a very attractive set, in this bright red that was last used in the thirties, matched beautifully with the rolled gold furniture and cap. Is it a Swan Set or a Blackbird set? Who cares! It’s just a beautiful set in its own right.
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Deb, Lovely set indeed. Various combinations of this set are on and around p260 of Mr Hull’s wonderful book ..
As you say ..could be ‘cobbled together’ but hey, it’s still not really a ‘frankenpen’, and is beautiful in its own right.
I studied that page for a while. The fact that the pencil is so different made me think that what I have is later. But I could be wrong…
Deb..I think the pencil is with the red capped Blackbird on p59 . So your
‘cobbled together’ could be the pen on p60 , the pencil on p59 …..
and in a box like the one on p56.
As you say either by ‘others’ , or by the company itself.
…or not !?
Pps 56 and 59 don’t refer to Blackbird pens and boxes! I’m afraid I’m a bit lost!
Deb. Oops typo. 256 . 259. 260 . Excuse me
Hi Deb,
very nice! Semi-Blackbird or not…
I have a Swan Leverless with such a cap (no clip anymore), the barrel looks like an early L212/60 but is half a cm longer. So like a L202/RG without gold plated barrel… Old style Swan logo here.
Can’t find such combination in Steven Hull’s book. Custom order?
Best wishes
Jens
It may well be, Jens. Can you send me a photo?
Dear Deb,
the photos on the auction site were not too bad:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-SWAN-Füllfederhalter/323936128837
If you need better ones, tell me…
The pen has no model number, the clip is missing and seems to be mounted differently then usual.
It’s barrel had fragments of a original Swan sac in it, so should have been unused for decades.
The first owner has posted the cap often, as the marks tell. So I suspect the cap is contemporary.
Best
Jens
Btw: If you like to email me take the new one used here…
I’m confused! That link leads me to a page with no Mabie Todd pens on it.
Hi,
Sorry, it seems I did something wrong. Or the item is only visible in Germany?
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-SWAN-F%C3%BCllfederhalter/323936128837?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Anyway I’ll make own photos this evening…
Best
Jens
I’ll wait for your photos, Jens. That link doesn’t work either.
You have mail! 🙂