Visconti Chatterley Divina Ragtime 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Fountain Pen
Visconti Chatterley Divina Ragtime 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Fountain Pen
Visconti Chatterley Divina Ragtime 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Fountain Pen
This pen is based off of the Ragtime Fountain Pen. Its made from true celluloid made popular by Visconti with the Divine Proportions. The celluloid is a burlwood style celluloid in brown with black veins throughout. It has amazing variation and depth. Celluloid has become a rare commodity. Almost no new celluloid is being made anymore because the minimums, cost and time to cure it makes it almost impossible to create new designs.
This pen comes with Rhodium (Silver) trim. The 2 bands on the cap are solid white gold.
The nib is the 23k Palladium nib (F)
Vintage Style Clip.
True Burlwood (Divine Proportions) Celluloid
Solid Gold Rings and Sterling or Vermeil trims
The filling system on all the ragtimes has always been a captive converter. Visconti calls it a piston, but its a captive converter which is both reliable and easily repairable if ever needed in the future.
Limited and numbered to only 20 pens worldwide.
What you see is what you get, if you buy this pen.
Condition: Mint
Visconti is an Italian company established in 1988 in Florence and headed by Dante Del Vecchio, deus ex machina of the creative dynamism, pervading Visconti creations. Led by his passion for vintage pens, he has been constantly in a quest for new expressions in the art of writing.
Every model is developed with the most advanced know-how, using the most precious materials available and both traditional methods and the most sophisticated and unprecedented techniques.
Because Visconti pens bear stylish character and undying charisma, they were selected for such history-making events as signing the NATO-Russia Summit on May 28, 2002, which marked the end of the cold war, and as a present for the twenty-five signatories of the European Constitution in 2005, G8 held in July 2009 at L’Aquila and most recently the Centenary of the Monaco Oceanographic Museum.
The name Visconti has been for the past twenty years a synonym for writing instruments of extraordinary beauty, historically and technologically studied. The fountain pens, rollers and ballpoint pens by Visconti make up a wide range of high quality instruments with a strong identification.
It really seems that Renaissance in Florence is still at its liveliest. Located in a 15th century villa, Visconti keeps being stirred by intellectual flurry, the study of ancient models and of modern techniques in a constant dialogue and exchange of innovative ideas.
Visconti love for history and zeal for innovation, the craftsmen’s skills rediscovering, and the development of increasingly more sophisticated systems are combined with the research of unforgettable shades of color, design and naturalness to create Visconti pens and make them instantly recognizable. From this blend new writing instruments have been developed to offer a meaningful contribution in content, innovation and design.
Every pen witnesses art, archaeology, philosophy, mathematics, literature, history or current events, and much more than that. Visconti regularly pays tribute to anything which has left a mark in man’s civilization. Some of the inspiring themes include the Forbidden City, the ancient knights, the Alchemical Opus, but also Manhattan and Giacomo Casanova.
The use of celluloid, i.e. “gold for the pen specialists”, is a distinguishing feature of Visconti collections. Also, numerous systems for feeding and customizing pens were patented by Visconti.
Every creation features sophisticated and attractive design, including a number of decorations and original details. The taste for beauty can find one of its highest expressions in these pens.
Indeed the real jewels in Visconti’s crown are the limited edition fountain pens. Offered as a deluxe jewelers’ collection, they embody some of the most significant themes of the past and current history and praise brilliant inventions. In addition to these come the regular editions, in mini and midi versions.