Description
Thanks very much for looking at our listing for this wonderful and rare Montblanc Meisterstuck 149 Pinstripe Solid Gold Lefebvre Fountain Pen, which comes with a Montblanc presentation box. The pen has been carefully used over the decades and is presented in overall excellent condition.
Prior to Montblanc offering the chevron design 149SG (solid gold), the work to complete these masterpieces were produced by Lefebvre, the Paris based atelier, for Montblanc. They were produced in small numbers and this example dates between the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s.
The pen is crafted from solid 18k yellow gold, which is finished with a pinstripe design. These early solid gold 149s just have something so delightful about them, the design is relatively restrained but the feel and weight in the hand is perfect, with the balance being spot on.
The interesting feature that makes this pen even rarer is that it features an additional ring on the barrel, so that when the cap is posted it sits perfectly on the ring, rather than risking marking the barrel. It’s difficult to say whether this was a prototype design or a specific customer request at the point of original purchase, but it certainly makes sense and it’s not present on other Lefebvre pens we’ve encountered over the years. We lean towards it being a prototype due to the seeming lack of Lefebvre hallmark marking on the cap ring.
The pen is fitted with a 14c bi-tone extra fine nib (split ebonite feed) and it’s a piston filler, so your choice here is bottled ink.
The important details are as follows…
– Excellent Condition
– Extra Fine Nib
– Standard Montblanc Presentation Box
With every pen that we sell we provide a card that includes the manufacturer, model, serial / limitation number and date it was purchased from us. We do this because our customers like to have documentation showing that it’s been purchased from a trusted seller. As the Financial Times said recently in their How To Spend It publication – “izods is an e-cache of ultra fine fountain pens”.
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