Antique 14 KT Gold Etched Mechanical Pencil Pendant Aikin-Lambert with Lead

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Antique 14 KT Gold Etched Mechanical Pencil Pendant Aikin-Lambert with Lead This unique 14KT Gold Etched mechanical pencil pendant is lovely. The mechanical pencil retracts perfectly and has lead. I do not know how much lead though! It is clearly marked 14KT and with Aikin-Lambert & Co. A wonderful piece for your collection! Pencil marked Aikin-Lambert. Aikin Lambert & Co.; sometimes misspelled today as Aiken Lambert. A pen manufacturing company located in New York City. Founded as jewelry maker J. C. Aikin & Co. in 1864 by James C. Aikin and Henry A. Lambert, the company began making gold pens (dip pen nibs) to supply the burgeoning demand after the American Civil War. In the late 1880s the product line expanded to include fountain pens made under license using Paul Wirt’s patents, and in 1889 the company was incorporated as Aikin Lambert & Co. by Aikin and Lambert along with John B. Shea and James C. Wakefield. Shortly thereafter, Aikin Lambert began supplying gold nibs of very high quality to L. E. Waterman; the relationship continued and led to Waterman’s 1915 acquisition of Aikin Lambert. Aikin Lambert pens were of high quality; among the company’s best known brand names are Mercantile, Capitol, and The Pet. Most of Aikin Lambert’s later own-brand fountain pen nibs are imprinted ALCO. Waterman continued to use the Aikin Lambert read more

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