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Old September 6th 08, 08:52 AM posted to alt.collecting.pens-pencils
Brian Ketterling
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Default who made the Wreath Ideal Pen?

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Still no ideas about the place of manufacture?


My default guess would be New York City, a beehive of early fountain pen
manufacturers, micro-manufacturers and job-shops.

"Wreath" could be a sub-brand of a known maker (manufacturers sometimes
concocted these brand names in order to protect their main brand's
reputation when making lower-end pens or trying out new ideas), in which
case "Wreath" might be a reference to a wreath logo or design used on the
main brand (e.g. Wirt). Or it could be a "store" brand made by someone
else, or an assemblage of open-market parts stamped with the assembler's
brand...

The "Lion and Pen" web board has some historians of incredibly obscure
pens -- you might try asking the

http://kamakurapens.invisionzone.com/index.php?

Brian
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