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Montblanc safety pen no. 0 with rolled-gold overlay 1920s

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Safety pen No. 0 with a rolled-gold overlay, 1920s — overlaid cap top with a ring

Overlay with barleycorn guilloche and plain lengthwise stripes; on the cap “MONT-BLANC” with the emblem between the words; the cap top is fully overlaid and carries an eyelet with a ring; at the end of the barrel the black ribbed turning knob with a small hole. Gold nib; a match serves as a size comparison.

Key facts

Production
1920s; “Collectible Stars” I lists rolled-gold pens in size 0 with a ring on the cap top from an Italian catalogue of 1926 and dates them to 1922–1930; the page title formerly gave 1908–19201
Not a Meisterstück
this page formerly called the pen “Meisterstück No. 0” — there was no Meisterstück in this size; from 1924 the Meisterstück safety pens were numbered 20 to 452
Material
rolled gold (gold-filled) according to the page; according to a forum post the Montblanc lettering on the overlay marks an official overlay3
Filling system
safety pen: filled with a pipette, the nib is turned out and retracted again by turning the end of the barrel4
Nib
14 ct gold nib; 18 ct for France5
Dimensions
13.2 cm with the cap posted, Ø 0.9 cm (volume I for the gold-filled 0)6
Sources and notes
  1. “Collectible Stars” I.
  2. “Collectible Stars” I; text of this page.
  3. forum post of 26 June 2018.
  4. “Collectible Stars” I.
  5. “Collectible Stars” I; 18 ct for France: forum post of 26 February 2005.
  6. “Collectible Stars” I; length ±0.4 mm, diameter ±0.05 mm; measured with the cap posted as in the collectiblestars.com database.
  7. “Collectible Stars” I.

Photos: Luk

Montblanc safety pen no. 0 with rolled-gold overlay
Montblanc safety pen no. 0 with rolled-gold overlay – open view

Not to be confused with

  • Babys in gold

    Smaller: 00 and 00 lg, the long one also with a ring on the cap top.

    See No. 00 and 00 lg gold

  • Astoria No. 0 in rolled gold7

    Astoria had a round No. 0 in rolled gold with barleycorn guilloche and a floral band, probably an Italian overlay according to volume I.

    See Astoria

  • Meisterstück as a safety pen2

    The numbers 20 to 45 with “Meisterstück” on the cap.

    See Meisterstück safety pens

Literature

  1. aJens Rösler, Stefan Wallrafen: “Collectible Stars I — MONTBLANC 1908–1947”. 2014. ISBN 978-3-00-044233-9. On this website “Collectible Stars” volume I. more about the book ›