Vintage Fountain Pens and Pencils

(Updated 18th January, 2021)

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Probably the most popular English pens and pencils of all time, Conway Stewarts were marketed between 1905 and 1977.
During that time many hundreds of different models were manufactured,in a dazzling array of varying colours, patterns and styles - ranging from the small lever-filler "Dinkies" to the very large button-filler "Duro" pens.

Many of the models featured here date from the period just after the second-world war, when production was re-started with the No.55 and 286 pens. In 1949 the now familiar more 'streamlined' look was introduced with the No.28 and 58 models, and these were soon followed by many others (including 12,14,15, 24,27,60,75,388...)with the now sought-after herringbone patterns being introduced in 1957,and only manufactured for the next three or so years.

Beautifully made, these pens are not just desirable collectors' items - they are also a delight to use.

(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent).
(All are in working order, unless annotated otherwise)

To order pens from the list below (or elsewhere on this website),
please e-mail us at Writetime2@aol.com

Our ref.	Model No.	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
CSR 969	With no number, this one hits the top of the page. A handsome custom-pen - The "Somerset" Lever Fill, for "Selfridge", London	Black chased vulcanite (hard rubber) with Nickel-plated trim (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with CS MEDIUM flexible nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1930	EX - near MINT	£90
CSH 515	One of the more unusual shades of this model Pen: No.14 Pencil: Nippy No.2	Grey (click on the images below for larger pictures) (pen has original MEDIUM nib)	c.1960	Pen and pencil - EX Box -a few marks from previous use	£80
CSR 952	And here's another of the rarer single colour No.15 pens (usually found in shades of marble)	Dark Green (almost impossible to photograph well !) with nickel-plated trim (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM nib - slight flex) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1965	MINT	£75
CSR 971	A really nice No.24 This is the earlier Mark 1 model, with the model number below the barrel inscription	Burgundy and Black marble (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM nib - hint of flex) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1949	VG/EX	£70
CSR 808	The pattern they all love ( and want !) No.24 - Cracked Ice	Black and White marble (a.k.a. Cracked Ice) (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM OBLIQUE stub nib ) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1954	EX	£265
CSR 879	It's Cracked-Ice and it's a No.27 ! Not often seen these days !	Cracked Ice (a.k.a. Black & White marble) (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM nib - some slight flex) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1950	VG/EX - very slight plating wear on the edges of the filler-lever	£245
CSR 792	Boxed set Pen: No.27 Pencil: No.37	Black (click on all the images for larger pictures) (pen has original FINE No 5 nib - with slight flex) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1955	Pen: VG/EX Pencil: VG/EX - previous owner's initial H.F.N. embossed (small) in gold Box: VG - only used for sets with a No.27 pen. Small mark on left hand side of top of box (see photo)	£90
CSR 876	No.28	Green hatched (with original MEDIUM nib)	c.1954	EX	£65
CSR 909	No.36 (similar in appearance to another 58 but slimmer and slightly shorter)	Magenta lined (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original FINE nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1956	EX	£65
CSR 823	All that is best about Conway Stewart - a handsome and chunky No.55 This is the Mark 1 model (the first one they produced post-war), with the model number below the inscription	Green & Black marble (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original FINE DURO No.40 nib - slight flex) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1946	VG	£85
CSR 965	This is a rare find - a MINT near-top-of-the-range pen and pencil set dating all the way back for the early to mid 1950's. Pen: No.58 Pencil: No.18 Both the pen and pencil have never been used, though the interior of the box has foxed a little over the years and there a few signs of previuos storage on the exterior	Silver hatched (click on all the images for larger pictures) (pen has original MEDIUM Duro nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1955	Pen: MINT Pencil: MINT Box: See description on the leeft	£175
CSR 781	A top-of-the-range EXECUTIVE 60	Silvery Green hatched (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM DURO nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1955	VG/EX	£100
CSR 883	Another top-of-the-range EXECUTIVE 60	Black (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM/BROAD DURO nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1952	VG - small hint of plating wear on the filler lever	£85
CSR 913	We don't see this model very often, and certainly not in this condition. No.77 - click HERE to see the barrel inscription The 2nd biggest post-war pen by CS (the No.100 being the only one that is larger)	Black (with FINE DURO nib)	c.1956	EX - near MINT	£100
CSR 970	The quite hard to find Blue Herringbone No.93 - and this one is MINT !	Blue Herringbone (with original FINE/MEDIUM nib - slight flex)	c.1960	MINT	£100
CSR 943	B-I-G and iconic - the chunky and large No.100 (First manufactured in 1954, the only colour was Black, since British Xylonite could not provide coloured rod of this large diameter)	Black (with original large FINE DURO 20 nib)	c.1956	VG - would have been EX but for a slight and almost imperceptible deformation in the tines of the nib (does not affect the writing in any way)	£160
CSR 855	The ever-popular traditional No.286	Green & Black marble (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original FINE nib - slight flexibility) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1946	VG/EX	£68
CSR 972	And here's the one so many want - a 'Cracked Ice' No. 286	Cracked Ice (a.k.a. Black & White marble) (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with MEDIUM OBLIQUE nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1948	EX	£200
CSR 915	Small is beautiful ! and especially in this mid-Blue satin colour No.540 Dinkie	Blue Moiré (with original MEDIUM semi-flexible nib)	c.1940	VG	£68
CSR 950	That most unusual finish on a Conway Stewart pen - Red Moiré (named after the silky-style finish on fabric). No.759	Red Moiré (with original flexible MEDIUM nib)	c.1946	G/VG - barrel inscription worn and slight 'pinching' near the top of the cap.	£55
CSR 681	Boxed pen and pencil set in its original colour-matched box Pen: 759 Pencil: "Nippy"	Green marble with Black veins (click on the images for larger pictures) (pen has its original MEDIUM semi-flexible nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1946	VG	£95
CSR 973	B - I - G - second only in size to the early big Duros. First produced in the mid 1920's, this example is only a little later than that time - when will you see another ?	RESERVED Black vulcanite (hard rubber) (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with FINE DURO nib - hint of flex) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	c.1930	G/VG - would have been EX but the barrel inscription is nearly worn away. Rest of the pen is great !	£190

FOOTNOTE: The Conway Stewart Company is now no longer making fountain pens.
The company has gone into liquidation, and their assets have been sold off.

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