Fountain pen, Aurora Jvbilaevm, Italy, 2000

AURORA FOUNTAIN PEN JVBILAEVM. Ivory-coloured lacquer barrel with gold-plated details and ornamentation. Limited edition. Exemplary 1723/2000. Nib in 18kt yellow gold. M point. Screw cap. Piston loading. No box. Dimensions: 16 cm. length, 13 mm. diameter.

The pen is composed of ivory lacquer with gold veins, a jewelled clip engraved with the Basilica of San Pietro in Rome, a gold-plated bead engraved with the Vatican symbol, a gold-plated ring engraved with the number of the piece, a hand-finished grip and a solid 18-karat gold nib. The Jubilee of the year 2000 will be remembered as a fundamental moment in the history of Rome, of Italy, of the whole world. It was not merely the celebration of an event that has taken place every 25 years since time immemorial with the convergence of the deeply felt faith of Christians at St. Peter's Basilica, it was also the perfect occasion to welcome the arrival of the year two thousand, the new millennium has already become a myth and no one is more worthy than AURORA, the legendary all-Italian company, loved with passion by great international collectors to pay homage to it with a new and extraordinary work of art.