David Oscarson - Carl Milles - Fountain Pen Grey, Black & White

THE DESIGN

Marriage of the Waters — inspired by Carl Milles' great St. Louis fountain symbolising the meeting of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, and a celebration of David and Veronica Oscarson's wedding anniversary (Veronica drew all of the line art). Unique to this collection is the merging of two colours of hot enamel without a dividing silver border, over a meandering double-lined diamond-cut guilloché current. The St. Louis city flag symbol crowns the cap in translucent white enamel, the Stockholm city flag sits at the bottom of the barrel and Milles' signature is engraved on the gripping section. This fountain pen is finished in Grey, Black & White with polished .925 sterling silver.

THE CRAFT

Hand-crafted from .925 sterling silver. Each component passes through multiple stages of precision engraving to create the guilloché pattern, then hard enamel — glass, water and metal oxides ground by hand with a mortar and pestle — is applied with a quill, kiln-fired at over 1,000 °F, filed back by hand with a diamond file and fired again until the enamel fills every valley of the engraving. The pieces are then polished and buffed to the velvet finish of true translucent hard enamel. A five-year apprenticeship is required to master the process.

THE COLLECTION

The Carl Milles Collection is the 32nd in the David Oscarson series of Limited Edition writing instruments. Every piece is individually numbered. Each design variation is limited to 80 pieces, representing the 80 years of Carl Milles' life.

THE NIB

An 18-karat gold nib engineered in Heidelberg, Germany, plated with rhodium and tipped with iridium, on an ebonite feed — offered in Fine, Medium or Broad. The filling system accepts a cartridge, a converter or an eyedropper fill; a series of seals and O-rings keeps the ink in the chamber.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Maison: David Oscarson, St. Louis, Missouri — handmade limited editions since 2000 • Collection: Carl Milles • Type: Fountain Pen • Colour: Grey, Black & White • Finish: Sterling silver • Body: .925 sterling silver, guilloché engraving, kiln-fired hard enamel • Nib: 18-karat gold, rhodium-plated, iridium-tipped — Fine (F), Medium (M) or Broad (B) • Filling: cartridge, converter or eyedropper • Edition: limited to 80 pieces per colour (fountain pen and roller ball combined), individually numbered • Reference: MMG-F / -M / -B • Presented in: David Oscarson presentation box

WHO THIS IS FOR

• Collectors of numbered limited-edition writing instruments • Writers who prefer an 18-karat gold nib • Admirers of guilloché and hard-enamel work in the Fabergé tradition • Those marking a milestone with a piece made to be kept and handed down

AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED

Supplied in Canada by El Laguito Cigars, authorized David Oscarson retailer, shipped from Mississauga, Ontario. Every piece is genuine David Oscarson, individually numbered and backed by authorized warranty.