Raymond Loewy Designed Eversharp Fountain Pen, NOS, Original Box, USA 1950

Offered for your consideration is this rare and beautifully preserved Eversharp fountain pen from circa 1950, designed by Raymond Loewy—one of the most influential industrial designers of the twentieth century.

Loewy has variously been described as “The Man Who Shaped America,” “The Father of Streamlining” and one of the founding figures of modern industrial design. His extraordinary body of work ranged from the Shell and TWA identities to the Greyhound Scenicruiser, Coca-Cola vending machines, the Lucky Strike package, Coldspot refrigerators, the Studebaker Champion and Avanti, and the celebrated Air Force One presidential livery. He was equally influential in transportation design, contributing to such landmark American locomotives as the Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 and S1.

With its smooth, bullet-like form, this remarkable fountain pen embodies the essence of Loewy’s streamlined design philosophy.

The elegant burgundy body is crowned by a cool brushed-steel cap accented with warm pink-gold detailing, creating a sophisticated contrast of colour, texture and material.

The pen is equally satisfying in the hand. The metal cap feels pleasantly cool to the touch, while the rounded burgundy barrel is shaped for comfort and balance.

The result is a writing instrument in which styling and function are inseparable—precisely the philosophy that characterized Raymond Loewy’s finest industrial designs.

The fountain pen features its original solid 14K gold Medium nib, signed:

EVERSHARP 14K MADE IN USA The nib has a pleasantly flexible character, responding naturally to variations in writing pressure and permitting expressive variation in line width.

Together with the pen’s comfortable proportions and balanced form, it provides the pleasurable writing experience expected from one of Eversharp’s high-quality post-war fountain pens.

The pen employs a traditional lever-filling mechanism, drawing bottled ink into its internal reservoir by means of the lever mounted in the barrel.

Simple, reliable and characteristic of high-quality American fountain pens of the period, the mechanism complements the pen’s elegant Mid-Century design.

This Raymond Loewy-designed Eversharp fountain pen remains in Excellent vintage condition.

The rich burgundy body and contrasting brushed-steel cap are beautifully preserved, while the original pink-gold trim and Eversharp markings remain crisp and attractive.

There are no cracks or other significant damage.

The fountain pen has been tested and is functioning properly.

Especially desirable is the survival of its original Eversharp presentation box, which adds considerably to both the completeness and collector appeal of the pen.

Wahl-Eversharp—later known simply as Eversharp—was one of the leading American manufacturers of fine writing instruments during the first half of the twentieth century.

Its writing-instrument history began with the highly successful Eversharp mechanical pencil, invented by Charles Keeran and brought into large-scale production by Wahl during the 1910s.

In 1917 Wahl acquired the Boston Fountain Pen Company, giving it an established fountain-pen manufacturing operation and laying the foundations for decades of increasingly ambitious writing-instrument design.

During the following years, Wahl-Eversharp became particularly noted for combining mechanical quality with adventurous styling.

Its celebrated models included the Personal Point pens of the 1920s, the magnificent Doric and Coronet designs of the Art Deco period and, during the 1940s, the futuristic Skyline—another writing instrument closely associated with Raymond Loewy’s streamlined design philosophy.

The company’s willingness to enlist one of the world’s foremost industrial designers distinguished Eversharp from many of its competitors. Rather than treating the fountain pen simply as a container for ink and a nib, Eversharp recognized that a writing instrument could also be an important object of contemporary design.

That philosophy is beautifully expressed in the present circa-1950 fountain pen. Its streamlined Raymond Loewy design, rich burgundy body, contrasting steel and pink-gold details, flexible 14K gold nib and survival with its original presentation box combine to make it an especially attractive example from the golden age of American Mid-Century industrial design.