Parker #14 & #15 Eyedropper fountain pen

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Parker eyedropper #14 & #15

Parker #14 eyedropper

In 1902, Parker launched the  #14 and #16, eyedropper. Parker's first, and destined to become the best selling, filigree pens. They were offered either in Sterling Silver (#14) or solid 18k gold plate (#16). The Silver pen was offered for $5 while the Gold plate cost $6. There was also a Sterling Silver version of the #30 offered at $8 at that time.

I have always loved the early Parker filigree eyedropper and I have found several #16, and by chance I came across this #14 in sterling silver. I have started to focus on the eyedropper collections a few years ago and with the internet, the opportunities for collection grew tremendously.

I remembered having found the first Parker filigree #16 in 1990, a good 20+ years ago. ...










This is a Parker 15 with straight mother of pearl inlay Over black hard rubber eyedropper-filler, gold filled filigree cap, pearl slabbed barrel, 13.6 cm long, early production example hard rubber exposed at cap crown; this pen is fresh out of an estate. It has some Initials and some plating wear, but hard rubber is black and glossy, pearl intact and lustrous; keyhole-vent Lucky Curve. Below is the first Parker 15 together with a hard rubber eyedropper.



This is my second Parker 15 Eyedropper with a slightly different mother of pearl inlay.




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