Holder, Pen

Holder, Pen

Wing Luke's fountain pen set on a marble base with a brass plate reading "Wing Luke Assistant Attorney General 1957-1962" A: pen B: base A.. Pen holder. It has a marble base cream in coloration formed of a rectangular piece of marble with a curved groove approximately "1 wide in the top along the base's length. The base has a green piece of felt adhered to its bottom. A gold holder for the pen projects at an angle from the upper area of the top side of the base. This gold piece can turn 360-degrees; also on the top is a gold rectangular plate engraved with "Wing Luke/Assistant Attorney General/1957-1962." B. Pen. It has a brown handle with small raised lettering near its base reading "W.A. Sheaffer Pen Co./Fort Madison Iowa U.S.A./Made in U.S.A." Attached to the handle is a silver band which screws into the holder a longer black band and then the gold and silver colored tip for writing. C. Box lid. It measures 5.5" x 5.5" x 1.5" and is made of heavy cardboard. The top of the lid has a framed "S" on gold background in the upper left corner and the word "Sheaffer's" in cpaital letters in the lower right corner. The background is cream in color. The top is framed on the left and right sides by two bands of dark brown and gold which also fram the upper and lower sides of the lid. The left and right sides of the lid are dark brown. The upper and lower sides of the lid have central u-shaped cuts on the edge of the lid. D. Box bottom. It measures 5 3/8" x 5 3/8" x 1 5/8" and is made of heavy cardboard. The outside of the bottom of the box is covered in gold-colored paper. The inside of the bottom of the box is lined with a peice of gold-colored cardboard which fits into the bottom of the box and rises to cover 1/2 of the sides of the bottom of the box. The outer bottom side of this piece is printed in black with "W.A. Sheaffer Pen Co./Ft. Madison Iowa U.S.A./Made in U.S.A./Box No. DS 15 C" in the center of this side. E. Support piece for box. It is formed of a piece of cardboard one side cream in color which has been folded into an open-ended rectangular box measuring 1.5" x 5.25" x 7/8". F. Short cardboard tube. It measures 1.75" in length and 3/8" in diameter. It fits over the tip of the pen.

1992.035.001