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FREE: CALLIGRAPHY GROUPING (antique) 34 Nibs, some SILVER PLATED

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Description

The listing, CALLIGRAPHY GROUPING (antique) 34 Nibs, some SILVER PLATED has ended.

Though I'm certainly no expert on calligraphy,
some of the markings on these antique nibs are Wm Mitchell, Hunt, J.L Issacs & Co, Silver Plated, England. and Imperial, USA, Resterbrook & Company among others.

Not sure if the goldtoned nibs are brass or bronze, or possibly gold plated. Maybe an expert here on Listia can enlighten us......

Bought in antique shop, comes with original cardboard sliding box, there's about 34 nibs if I counted right....lol

Questions & Comments

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May 7th, 2012 at 8:53:44 PM PDT by

F&W

May 8th, 2012 at 4:01:52 AM PDT by

I believe there's a difference between antique and vintage. 1800's vs 1900's?

May 8th, 2012 at 6:46:51 AM PDT by

Ok, I've received an email with info on these nibs..... these nibs go on wooden pen handles which means they are antique because the newer vintage pens are metal.

May 9th, 2012 at 9:21:10 AM PDT by

Aaaaaannnnnd Hoptl takes the lead back.....

May 10th, 2012 at 7:39:53 AM PDT by

More info on the nibs. The more I looked at those gold nibs the more they looked like real gold yet they weren't marked like the silver plated ones so I did some research and found that sometimes the calligraphers of old would have their nibs redipped in real gold so I'm figuring this may be what they did to these gold nibs here.

May 10th, 2012 at 10:15:51 AM PDT by

I just looked and there are 4 of the wider nibs that draw five lines and they are the ones that look to be redipped in gold. There may be more of the gold tone single line nibs that have been dipped but are tarnished so can't be sure. This not counting all the marked silver plate of course. Quite the interesting collection.....

May 10th, 2012 at 10:30:52 AM PDT by

great listing - I facebooked all my friends who do this kind of thing. Hope you get lots of bids!

May 12th, 2012 at 5:53:23 AM PDT by

Wowie, things r rockin up in here. Thanks a bunch need2more. I'm fanning ya and everybody else hangin out here.

May 12th, 2012 at 6:09:35 PM PDT by

this is one of those moments where i kick myself in the a$$ for tying up all my credits in other listings, u kno this ones gonna go high

May 13th, 2012 at 1:22:55 AM PDT by

Samantha, That always happens to me too! I could suggest doing surveys or some of their offers. Sometimes the surveys are ok and one can accumulate credits that way, on average about a thousand per day but other times the surveys are closed, so it's a crapshoot....I've fanned you and also hope you'll fan me back, thanks!

May 13th, 2012 at 5:53:54 AM PDT by

Just 5 1/2 hrs to goooooooooooo.

May 14th, 2012 at 9:53:44 AM PDT by

4 hrs to gooooooo

May 14th, 2012 at 11:19:36 AM PDT by

its that time....

May 14th, 2012 at 3:21:35 PM PDT by

CALLIGRAPHY GROUPING (antique) 34 Nibs, some SILVER PLATED is in the Antiques category