Watermans N. 000 WORLD SMALLEST Fountain Pen aka The "Doll's Pen"

Model: 000 WORLD'S SMALLEST Fountain Pen, BHR eyedropper, slip cap, gold trim, fully functional 

Early 1900s
Size: 42.3mm long, 3.2mm barrel
Nib: World's Smallest Nib
Condition: Uninked  in leather original leather "casket" box with white metal clasp. 
Imprinted: 'WATERMAN'S IDEAL [with globe emblem] FOUNTAIN PEN, N.Y.
Circle-vent nib. 

The "World's Smallest Pen" or "Doll Pen", 


Black Hard Rubber. Was made in United States c.1910 with Waterman inscribed on clip, barrel. The Waterman No. 000 is more commonly known by collectors as the "World's Smallest Pen" or the "Doll Pen", due to its almost impossibly small size and to the apocryphal story that one rests in Queen Mary's doll house in Windsor Castle.










The pen was produced as a sales tool for Waterman's salesmen. Salesmen would visit a druggist, jeweler or other shop owner to try and open a new account. Shopkeeper would inevitably say that they didn't need a new pen line and were happy with what they had. The salesman would then offer to show them the "World's Smallest Pen" as long as he was there (often alongside with the World biggest giant Waterman No. 20). This would extend the interaction and act as a ice breaker, an old salesman's trick, allowing more opportunity for a sale to be made. According to a notice in an old issue of Waterman's in-house newspaper

Comparison between the waterman #O Doll pen with Waterman #20




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