Armeny & Marion
Armeny & Marion Hallmark
The Armeny & Marion stamped hallmark was not applied to every pen holder, much as the Gold Pen pen holders were with others in the business. The image depicts a Gold Pen holder stamped hallmark, a rarity.
Contrast that fact with the opposite being true of Gold Pen nibs. During the first 50 years of Gold Pen nib manufacturing every Gold Pen nib was stamped with a hallmark indicating maker or “made for” identifier.
Armeny & Marion ”TO THE TRADE”
William C. Marion advertised as company president and Gyulo Armeny as company treasurer,.
This post-1900 trade advertisement lists a telephone number.
Gyulo Armeny had a relationship with the Gold Pen business prior to formation of this copartnership. Armeny was a manufacturing jeweler / goldsmith contracted to produce high quality Gold Pen holders as art in the mid-nineteenth century.
Bagley Successor Edward Todd
The two Armeny & Marion pen holder have a Armeny & Marion Gold Pen nib mounted on the leftmost pen holder, and an Edward Todd & Co. Gold Pen nib mounted on the rightmost pen holder.
Joseph Monaghan
Joseph Monaghan was a successor in Bagley company timeline, He was engaged in a copartnership with the Bagley firm in 1870 and when Edward Todd became the final Bagley firm successor Joseph Monaghan remained in a partnership until 1884.
Mr. Marion was employed by Bagley and served as foreman of the Bagley factory between 1852 and 1885 when he retired. Clearly, Mr. Armeny was performing contract Gold Pen work for the factory until Mr. Marion’s retirement
Of the three Gold Pen holders depicted above, two on the left are marked Armeny & Marion. The Gold Pen holder on the right was produced by the same individual for the Bagley factory.
Gyulo Armeny
Remarkable Story
Mr. Armeny was an emigrant who had a remarkably successful life in America as a manufacturing jeweler and Gold Pen maker. He was awarded several patents for his jewelry designs, one of which resulted in ring settings strengthened by using iridium.
He also owned turquoise mines in New Mexico, from which he fashioned early turquoise jewelry for wealth clients.
Depiected is Mr. Armeny’s home.
The Link below provides much more fascinating detail about Mr. Armeny.
Armeny Patents
Patent No. 432,007, awarded in 1890 for a Gem Setting design that utilized iridium to provide more security for a gem.
Armeny & Marion Patent
Patent No. 665,717, awarded in 1901 to Gyulo Armeny & William C. Marion for an electrically powered apparatus for melting iridium.
Fountain Pen Patent
Patent No. 429,405 was awarded in 1890 for a fountain pen reservoir and feed design.