Pelikan | 1930
“Durchsichtig”: transparent. In 1930, Pelikan advertised the see-through ink chamber of its fountain pen: “you always know when you need to fill it.” One size, one quality, one price: 15 marks.
Pelikan goes back to an ink and paint works near Hanover from 1838, later run by Günther Wagner, who took the pelican from his family crest. In 1927 the firm bought the piston-filling patent of the Hungarian engineer Theodor Kovács, and in 1929 it launched its first fountain pen.
The Art Deco diagonals turn the pen into an arrow pointing at the nib.
Pelikan still makes piston-filling fountain pens today.
Text in the ad
Durchsichtig
Durchsichtig ist der Tintenraum des Pelikan-Füllhalters, Sie wissen stets, wann Sie ihn füllen müssen.
Dazu Federn für jede Hand, eine Grösse, eine Qualität, ein Preis
Zu beziehen durch die Fachgeschäfte. M 15.–
Günther Wagner Hannover
Pelikan · Für jede Hand
Translation:
Transparent
The ink chamber of the Pelikan fountain pen is transparent, so you always know when you need to fill it.
And nibs for every hand, one size, one quality, one price
Available from specialist shops. 15 marks
Günther Wagner, Hanover
Pelikan · For every hand
- Brand
- Pelikan
- Year
- 1930
- Decade
- 1930s
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Magazine
- Themes
- Technology
- Original publication
- Die Koralle, 1930
