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

(Updated 30th June, 2020)

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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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Our ref.	Model	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
ME 121	A not-so-usual button-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original BROAD semi-flexible nib click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Green & Black marble	c.1938	VG - small amount of plating wear at the base of the clip	£68
ME 130	A handsome lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Green & Black marble	c.1940	EX	£60
ME 131	A similar lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original semi-flexible MEDIUM nib click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Green & Black marble	c.1940	VG - plating on filler lever doesn't quite match that on cap	£50
ME 135	Another lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib, with slight flex click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Gold & Black marble (faded)	c.1940	VG - would have been EX but for some slight fading of colour	£50
ME 141	A lever-filling DIPLOMA (wider cap band than the Auto Flow) (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib, with slight flex click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Light and Dark Green marble	c.1940	VG - some slight pitting on filler lever	£50
ME 142	A rare and handsome mint SPOT lever-filler. (Spot pens were part of the Mentmore Manufacturing Co., and were so named because of the distinctive Sheaffer-like White spot on the cap) with original MEDIUM SPOT nib	Black chased vulcanite (hard rubber) Please click HERE to see a 1929 advert for SPOT pens	c.1934	MINT	£68

Unusual and rare glass-nibbed pen !
We think that this is manufactured by or for DART PENS,
though we've not been able to find out anything about them.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

In handsome Green and Black marble
with gold-plated trim that has some wear.

The bulb filling system (you squeeze the sac)
was often used by Langs of Liverpool, so it
may have been one of their productions.

A real rarity, and a delight to hold and use.

£65
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A small corner of fountain pen history !
This is the very last model of the CROXLEY,
manufactured in Kirkby, Liverpool, just before
the company suddenly ceased production a
few months later, in mid 1949

SOLD !

Croxley pens were originally made at the John Dickinson
factory near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
They took the name Croxley from the
nearby village of Croxley Green, and this was the
first and only streamline pen they manufactured,
known as The TORPEDO.

This set is MINT, RARE, and desirable,
not just because it is their last,
but also because it is in an un-damaged
iconic Art-Deco style plastic box complete
with the CROXLEY logo .

The pen has its original MEDIUM flexible nib
and also included is a phial of spare leads
for the pencil.

You won't find ANOTHER in this condition, anywhere !

£120
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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, as well as some other London pen companies.

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 early1930'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 114	A RARE early NATIONAL SECURITY model - no chance of mislaying or losing the cap - it screws on to the end of the barrel when in use. (with MEDIUM semi-flexible nib)	Black chased vulcanite (hard rubber)	c.1932	EX (probably manufactured by Conway Stewart but clearly engraved National Security	£65
NS 113	One of the most unusual NATIONAL SECURITY models - a colour that is very rarely seen (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM warranted 14 carat gold nib - a small amount of flex) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Gold Pearl	c.1939	VG - replacement Conway Stewart clip and some slight colour difference between the barrel and cap	£68
NS 112	A mid-size NATIONAL SECURITY button filler (with MEDIUM warranted 14 carat gold nib - slight flex)	Deep Black and Gold marble	c.1938	VG/EX	£55
NS 111	A long and slim NATIONAL SECURITY lever-filler (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with FINE and firm warranted 14 carat gold nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Green and Black marble	c.1939	VG - two tiny marks on the section	£60

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