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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4328391, member: 111"]Would think no earlier than mid 19th century, likely had a Stanhope lens that fell out - it happens...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1101338397/carved-bone-dip-pen-with-stanhope?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=stanhope+pen&ref=sr_gallery-1-10&organic_search_click=1&frs=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1101338397/carved-bone-dip-pen-with-stanhope?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=stanhope+pen&ref=sr_gallery-1-10&organic_search_click=1&frs=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1101338397/carved-bone-dip-pen-with-stanhope?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=stanhope+pen&ref=sr_gallery-1-10&organic_search_click=1&frs=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The seller describes their pen as "Vintage from the 1940s", but would think much, much earlier - the Stanhope is of the Crystal Palace, built for the 1851 Great Exhibition, destroyed after a 1936 fire.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4328391, member: 111"]Would think no earlier than mid 19th century, likely had a Stanhope lens that fell out - it happens... [URL]https://www.etsy.com/listing/1101338397/carved-bone-dip-pen-with-stanhope?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=stanhope+pen&ref=sr_gallery-1-10&organic_search_click=1&frs=1[/URL] The seller describes their pen as "Vintage from the 1940s", but would think much, much earlier - the Stanhope is of the Crystal Palace, built for the 1851 Great Exhibition, destroyed after a 1936 fire. ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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