"Parker 51" fountain pen Designer: Marlin S. Baker (American, 1906–1982)
Designer: Kenneth S. Parker (American, 1895–1979)
Manufacturer: The Parker Pen Company (American, founded 1888)

1941

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Sterling silver, Lucite, aluminum, stainless steel, brass, rubber, 14-karat gold, osmiridium

Dimensions

1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (1.3 × 14 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2010.158.6

Geography

Manufactured in Janesville, Wisconsin

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

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Provenance
John C. Waddell, New York, 1999–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 338, no. 236.
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

pens

Marks

"STERLING SILVER / MADE IN U.S.A." impressed into cap; "PARKER [vertically]\r\n impressed onto clip; "'PARKER 51' MADE IN U.S.A. 1." impressed onto blind cap

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