CS451: Conway Stewart Dinkie No. 550 Fountain Pen and No. 25 Pencil Set.

Date: c1950s

Size: Capped - 4 1/8 inches, posted - 5 inches.

This is a very attractive Dinkie set in lovely glossy  and unmarked burgundy marble casein with black veining.  As you can see, both pieces are in excellent condition with no damage apparent.  Unusually, all the gold plating appears to be in tact still with no wear.  I have taken close-up pictures below.   The caps have a small conical gold filled top button that holds on the pocket clips that have the "CS" monogram within a diamond at the top and another diamond at the bottom. 

Fountain Pen

The barrel imprint is crisp and deep and the cute little filling lever has the "CS" monogram imprinted in the circular end tab.  The nib is shiny and totally undamaged and is in a medium point.

Pencil

The cap has a very good deep and crisp imprint.  The cap pulls off for access to the eraser holder - the pink eraser doesn't look like it has ever been used, but it has hardened over the years.  The cone is also gold filled.  The leads are propelled and repelled smoothly by twisting the cap.  I have fitted a fresh 1.1mm lead into the mechanism so it is all ready to go.

Case

A lovely paperboard pen case.  Like many of the Conway Stewart boxes, it is coloured to match the pen inside with burgundy and deep brown, almost black colours prevailing.  There are some scuffs on the outer surface of the box, but nothing more serious.  Fitted inside the lid is the original instruction sheet.

I have fully serviced this set.  The nib writes very smoothly with a good consistent and wet medium width line.    The nib is also semi-flexible and will produce some lovely line width variation as you write. 

A beautiful set and a sought-after model.