OTHER ENGLISH PENS
(all in FULL working order, unless otherwise stated)
(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent)

(Updated 12th December, 2018)

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MENTMORE pens were made in Hackney, East London, UK, between the 1920's and the mid 1950's.
They are attractive, exceptionally well-made, and were deservedly very popular,
especially between 1946 and the mid 1950's.
Mentmore also manufactured for several other distributors
and they, themselves, also used the brand name of Spot.

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(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent).

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A one-off opportunity for the Mentmore collector !
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

An exceedingly RARE original MENTMORE wooden display stand,
complete with 6 handsome, colourful and fully restored
lever-filling MENTMORE pens,
Click HERE to see the reverse side of the stand

All nibs are original, and the trim on each pen is gold-plated
Click HERE to see a closer picture of the nibs.

Price of the stand ALONE (no pens included) - £90

Price of each individual pen - £60

Price of the stand PLUS all 6 pens - £300

Our ref.	Model	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
PME 13	The later lever-fill version of the AUTO-FLOW, with the sword-like gold-plated clip (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib - click HERE for a picture of the nib	Blue marble	c.1941	EX - apart from the fact that the cap-band does not seem to have been gold-plated (the plating on the filler lever and the clip is in superb unmarked condition)	£65
ME 98	Mentmore SUPREME (button filler) (click on the image below for a larger picture) with original MEDIUM/BROAD semi-flexible nib	Black with Nickel-plated trim	mid 1940's	VG/EX	£45
PME 15	MINT, boxed, complete with paper-work, and the first of the streamline pens to be introduced - made in a single colour (the only material available diuring the war) with original MEDIUM nib	Deep Maroon, with nickel-plated trim	c.1942	Pen: MINT Box: EX - complete with its colour-code sticker	£70
PME 14	Streamlined, handsome, and boxed, complete with paper-work - together with the Celeste, this (the Paramount) was Mentmore's final model (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original FINE nib (Mentmore's own description) - click HERE for a picture of the nib	Blue marble	c.1952	Pen: EX Box: EX - apart from one small blemish on the lid - and it has its original colour-code sticker still attached	£70

The is the lovely colour that so many seem to want -
and we challenge you to find a STEPHENS No.56
anywhere in better condition than this superb example
(click here for a picture of the barrel inscription)
SOLD !
Fabulously rare, and in full working order -
you won't find another one like this !
complete with original Stephens MEDIUM 14 carat gold nib

£130
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Handsome and L-O-N-G -
a post-war (c.1948) ONOTO No.5601
in very fine cosmetic condition,
and fully restored to working order
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

complete with original flexible No.3 nib
click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib

£100

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Probably manufactured by Langs of Liverpool -
This is the lever-filling REDIPEN No.2
World War 2 (Black chased vulcanite)
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Gold-plated trim - and complete with
original semi-flexible MEDIUM 14 carat warranted gold nib
click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib

Some slight loss of colour on barrel and cap -
see photo above

£48
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Another, probably manufactured
by Langs of Liverpool -
This is the lever-filling STEPHENS No.76
click HERE for a picture of the barrel inscription
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

This is a post-war utility model, probably for school use,
with nickel-plated trim and a FINE/MEDIUM steel nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)


£45

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Really unusual - and old !!
If the barrel engraving is to be believed
("MADE IN ENGLAND")
this is by far the oldest pen we have offered
on this page - an antique !
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Try as we might, we cannot (yet) un-earth the name of the
manufacturer - any help/advice about this would be very welcome.

Black chased vulcanite (cap over nib is not chased)
- probably c.1914 - full working order - and with
what we think is its original flexible MEDIUM
warranted 14 carat gold nib
click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib

£100
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But this one is even older - c.1910....
a chunky and early barley-patterned vulcanite
ONOTO THE PEN -
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Restored to full working order, and with
original MEDIUM nib, with under -and-over feed.
click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib


£125
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Delicate, slim and lady-sized -
this is THE GOLDEN COCKEREL No.31 pen
possibly manufactured for Burge, Warren and Ridgley
(? by the Onoto Pen Company or Mabie, Todd)
SOLD !
Handsome chased Vulcanite, in excellent condition,
with bright gold-plated trim.

with original Burge, Warren and Ridgley 14 carat flexible FINE nib

£48

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This might also have been on the Burnham page
CHATSWORTH pens were made by the Burnham Pen Company,
especially for Boots, the chemists (click HERE to see the clip of this pen)
and they don't often turn up for sale with their original box with the wording
Guaranteed by Boots Stationery Department.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Complete with original semi-flexible MEDIUM 14 carat gold nib
click HERE for a picture of the nib


£55

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NATIONAL SECURITY
(Updated 13th January, 2017)

National Security and Rosemary were the brand names of pens made for British Carbon
Papers of Farringdon, in the City of London.
During the 1920's/30's the manufacturers were Henry Stark, Son & Hamilton,
also registered at the same Farringdon address.

Rosemary ("That's for Remembrance") pens had been established in the early to mid 1920's,
and are now scarce and very desirable collector's items.

The National Security pens here date from the late 1930's to the mid 1940's
and are delightful examples of traditional pen-craftsmanship,
as well as being attractive items both to collect and use.

Our ref.	Model	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
NS 107	One of the rarer NATIONAL SECURITY models, complete with original box and paperwork (with MEDIUM warranted semi-flexible 14 carat gold nib, which we think is a replacement)	Green & Black marble, with transparent section on the barrel	c.1939	Pen: EX Box: well worn on outside, but coimpletely intact	£55
NS 108	A longer lever filler in a sturdy and desirable National Security presentation box (with original MEDIUM warranted semi-flexible 14 carat gold nib)	Green & Black marble	c.1939	Pen: slightestdeformation in the shape of the barrel. Replacement gold-plated clip, marked Bantam Box: VG, and sturdy	£50
NS 105	At first glance, this could well be a LADY PARKER Duofold from the early 1930's - but you'd be wrong. It is clearly engraved NATIONAL SECURITY English Manufacture (with MEDIUM warranted flexible 14 carat gold nib)	Jade with gold plated trim	c.1936	EX	£65

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