Also known as Benedict & Barney, the Syracuse, New York firm’s Gold Pen nibs are extremely rare.
The depicted Gold Pen nib and Silver Pen Holder are the only example I have seen.
The Silver Pen Holder is a Bagley Extension Pen Holder that was marked Benedict & Barney.
The Gold Pen nib is a wholesale to-the-trade obtained from Jean-Benoit Mallat. This nib is not composed of two gold strips like the Mallat 1842 nibs, however; the underside is the Mallat ink reservoir system. Note that this Gold Pen nib has a crack on the left side near the attachment point on the underside platinum/silver plate, and is likely the reason few , if any, other examples survived.
A W.S. Hicks patent pen / pencil combo in pristine condition. The Nelson Goodyear May 6, 1851 patent, the Ryne/Hicks Dec. 24, 1867 patent, and Mabie, Todd & Co. marks are all three present on the outer pen case.
A William S. Hicks No. 5 D Gold Pen nib is present, and the box interior is marked J.E. Caldwell & Co. Philad.
Mabie, Todd & Co. often resold products by other makers, many of which were marked Mabie, Todd & Co. by agreement for resale purposes.
The background document is a Mabie, Todd & Bard, 130 Fulton Street, New York, repair receipt dated February 26, 1895.
The Hicks combo boxtop is marked Mabie, Todd & Co. MAKERS NEW-YORK.
The Goodyear ebonite is unexposed to light and all marks are crisp.
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