RE: [ZossPens] Re: "college pen"
- From: "Max Braude" <skybird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Gerald M Berg'" <gberg@xxxxxxx>, <fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:37:29 +1100
Rootes made Hillman and Sunbeam.
Jaguar also came from Coventry............
Keep the Blue Flag Flying High
Max Braude
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From: Gerald M Berg [mailto:gberg@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, 8 December 2008 03:06
To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [ZossPens] Re: "college pen"
Hi Al:
I don't know anything about the pen, but I did spend a happy part of my
undergraduate career at Warwick University, just outside Coventry, which
was at the time the home of Roots Automotive (makers of Jags?). Of
course, the U of W was founded only in the mid-60s and might not have
been around at the time of your pen. I cannot recall the name of
another "college" in the Coventry area. Also, it was Coventry
Cathedral that was destroyed during WWII bombing and has now become a
monument to European peace.
Gerry
Allen Besser wrote:
> Got an interesting old pen (fairly cheaply) on E-Bay, last week. It's
blue
> and black marbled, probably casein.
>
> Labled "The College Pen"
> The College Bookshop
> 56, Butts, Coventry
>
> Perpendicular to this is "Made in England"
>
> Any of our English friends have any idea who made pens for this shop?
>
> Came in a "Platignum" box but I doubt it's a Platignum. Has a warranted
> gold nib and the Platignums I've seen with gold nibs had screw in
sections.
> This is the ordinary press fit.
>
> Al Besser
>
>
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