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This wonderful wood, double sided, "Depot for Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens" sign is in "as found" condition. Mr. L. E. Waterman of New York set up the Waterman Ideal Pen Company and began selling fountain pens in the 1880's. As sales grew, it became the L. E. Waterman Pen Company in 1888, and for the next two decades, Waterman became the dominant pen company in the United States and the world. This sign would have been hung from the ceiling of a pen shop. The sign has retained a lot of its' gold lettering and pen illustration, however, there some losses in places, but the colours are still s... |
