Mabie, Todd & Co. New York
Mabie Patent 14 Aug 1877
Patent pen case accompanied by a Mabie, Todd & Co. No. 8 Gold Pen nib, No. 303.
Big Gold Pen nib League
Mabie No. 8 mounted on Mabie 1877 patent pen holder compared to (mid) Foley 16 Express Pen 1864, and Eugene L. Tarbox, Nashville Gold Pen nibs.
Mabie, Todd & Co., LTD. London
“Swan” Eyedropper Fountain Pens
Mabie, Tood & Co. “Swan” No 3 . Both pen bodies are marked and the silver pen body is hallmarked Birmingham with the makers mark for Edward Baker. This is not a refitted/re-purposed pen body. It was likely an early prototype or small quantities were produced.
Mabie, Todd & Co., LTD Cheapside
New York Gold Pens
Mabie, Todd & Co. New York Gold Pen nibs such as depicted in a Mabie, Todd & Bard from 93 Cheapside, London, wood case were in demand.
The depicted Needle Point Mabie, Todd & Co Gold Pen nibs are circa 1880s vintage, of heavier than usual gold.
Child & Child - For Royalty
'Jewellers, 35 Alfred Place West, Child & Child, Queen's Gate, Gold and Silversmiths', circa 1880, by Child and Child who were specialist art jewellers.
The firm was patronized by artists from the Pre-Raphaelite circle and members of the Royal family including British Queen Victoria, Queen Mary of Scotland, and Alexandra, Empress of Russia.
Cite to: Pre-Raphaelite to Arts & Crafts Jewellery Charlotte Gere & Geoffrey C. Munn, 1996, p. 148 Literature
Shagreen Pens
A pair of Child & Child gold dip pens with shagreen wrapped wood shafts in their original fitted case, equipped with Mabie, Todd & Co. Needle Point Gold Pen nibs. These were sold at the Child & Child Queen’s Gate Jewellers of 35 Alfred Place West, Child & Child, Queen's Gate location.
Child & Child gold dip pens with shagreen wrapped wood shafts were hallmarked on the pen case end caps.