Waterman 52 Red Ripple Fountain Pen, OBBB Nib
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1920âs
Waterman Ideal 52 Red Ripple fountain pen, circa 1920âs. The Ripple pattern appears to have first launched in the Waterman Pen Prophet magazine in 1926. Waterman was competing with Sheaffer and Parker's celluloid made pens and first introduced the Ripple-Rubber model in an orange/red and black mixed pattern.
52 Red Ripple model with usual Waterman Ideal 2 14K triple broad oblique nib and matching mottled feed, likely special order nib. filling mechanism lever fill.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Ripple-Rubber
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- Length 5 3/8â and 6 3/4â posted
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 205282943
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.