CS396: Conway Stewart Dinkie No. 570 Fountain Pen and No. 54 Pencil Set, boxed.

Date: c1970

Size: Capped - 4 9/16 inches, posted - 5 3/8 inches.

A beautiful Dinkie set in the purple Lumina resin.  This is a very late set - I would say around 1970 - with the lever filler.  The purple colour shimmers and changes in the light, and the whole thing is semi-translucent.  Both pen and pencil are in very good condition.  I can see a some plating wear on the two pocket clips, but as the underlying metal is very shiny itself, it is not immediately apparent.   There are also a few shallow and light surface scratches to both pieces.   The caps have a small conical gold plated top button that holds on the gold plated pocket clips that have the usual Conway Stewart diamond at the end.   There is a single gold plated cap band below the pocket clips.  

Fountain Pen

The barrel imprint is crisp and deep.  Opposite is the gold plated filling lever.  The nib is shiny and totally undamaged, marked "Conway" and "14ct Gold" and is a medium point.  

Pencil

This is a propel - repel pencil that works by twisting the gold plated cone.  It accepts 1.1mm leads, and I have installed a fresh one into the mechanism, so the pencil is ready for immediate use.  The cap unscrews, and in the end is a barely used pink eraser.  Below this are a few spare 1.1mm leads.  The imprint is still crisp and easily made out.

Box

The original paperboard box is also in excellent condition, a few corner scuffs being the only damage.  It has a white satiny pad.  

I have fully serviced this set.  The pen writes very smoothly with an excellent wet and medium width line.  

A very unusual set.