ONOTO The Pen porcelain enamel British sign c1910

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"De La Rue" the high quality printers of bank notes and stamps in England, decided to diversify into the pen business around 1900. They purchased the patent of "George Albert Rowe Sweetser" whose pen made the whole process of filling with ink a much easier and less messy affair. Around this time there was a huge growth in sales and use of fountain pens and they correctly believed that this pen would give them a huge advantage over the over companies whose pens had to be hand filled with an eye dropper. The company of "Onoto" was established in 1905 and the pens were marketed as "Onoto the pen", one of the few 100% British made pens prior to the First World War. The sign was made by "Thomas Kershaw Ltd." of England. Size in inches: 30 by 20. Condition: Good, with damage along the edges.

Item ID: H2982

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