Item Categories

This category consists of all items in the collection that have multiple purposes (e.g. pencil & pen), or are dip pens, or fountain pens.

Ink bottles, ink wells. ink pots... A variety of shear top ink bottles, inkwells of various types, novelty ink pots & inkwells, and travel inkwells.

A mix of items in the collection that don't quite fit in any other category. Some are obviously writing related, while others are items that I simply picked up out of curiousity.

Nibs, pens, feathers... these are a few of the names used at various times to describe what most of us think of as simply nibs. There are only a few single nibs of note in the collection; most are boxed. Early pencil "leads" were made from pieces of solid graphite.

For purposes of the collection, the "Victorian" category spans pencils dating from approx. 1816 through to about the first world war. The core of the collection are the pencils and other items made by Sampson Mordan & Co. but many other Makers from both sides of the pond are also represented.

A variety of pencils primarily from the early to mid 20th century. A few Parker pencils, along with a number of mid-century advertising novelty pencils and "floaties".