1999 VISCONTI VATICAN MUSEUM LIMITED EDITION PROTOTYPE YELLOW GOLD VERMEIL-MINT

Description

OFFERING A PROTOTYPE OF ONE OF THE THREE MODELS OF THE OFFICIAL VATICAN MUSEUM COLLECTION PEN SERIES.
IT IS THE LIMITED-EDITION LE GROTTESCHE (THE GROTESQUES) THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE VATICAN MUSEUM GIFT SHOP.
THE NAME “LE GROTTESCHE” WAS DERIVED FROM THE EXQUISITE DECORATIONS (IN GROTTESCHE STYLE) THAT WERE CREATED DURING THE RENAISSANCE BY RAFAEL AND HIS SCHOOL TO BEAUTIFY THE STANZE, THE LOGGIA AND THE APARTMENTS OF GIULIO II IN THE VATICAN PALACES.
THESE DECORATIONS, EXECUTED BY THE FLORENTINE MASTER IN 1508, DRAW THEIR INSPIRATION FROM THE GROTESQUES-ORNAMENTAL MOTIFS THAT DECORATED THE BATHS OF TITUS (DOMUS AUREA), DISCOVERED WHILE RAPHAEL WAS WORKING ON THE ROOMS.
THE COLLECTION WAS LIMITED TO 1999 SETS.
THIS PROTOTYPE IS WITHOUT THE NUMBER AND THE NIB IS RED GOLD PLATED.
THE COLLECTION CONTAINS 3 FOUNTAIN PENS – STERLING SILVER, YELLOW GOLD AND ROSE GOLD.
THE GEOMETRIC AND FLORAL DESIGNS IN PRECIOUS METALS ADORN BOTH THE CAP AND BARREL. BENEATH THE DECORATIVE WORK, THE BARREL IS IN HAND-TURNED, HAND-POLISHED BLACK HARD RUBBER.
THE PLAIN CLIP INCORPORATES A HANDY PRESSURE SYSTEM.
THE 18-KARAT GOLD NIB STANDS OUT FOR ITS DECORATIVE WORK AND THE LOGO OF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS-TWO STYLIZED KEYS.
ITS AIR HOLE IS AN ORIGINAL HALF-MOON SHAPE.
THE PEN IS AVAILABLE WITH A MEDIUM NIB ONLY.
THE PEN TAKES A STANDARD CARTRIDGE OR CONVERTER.
OPERATIVE CONDITIONS: WORKING AND READY FOR USE.
AESTHETICALLY CONDITIONS: NEW OLD STOCK, NEVER INKED.
MATERIAL:  CELLULOID AND STERLING SILVER.
LENGTH CLOSED:   13.80 CM
CAP’S LENGTH: 6.70 CM
BARREL’S LENGTH: 13.00 CM
LENGTH POSTED: 18.00 CM
NIB : 18KT GOLD PLATED VISCONTI M
FILLER : CARTRIDGE/CONVERTER (PRESENT).
BARREL INSCRIPTIONS: VATICAN MUSEUMS PEN 925.
ONE OF A KIND PROTOTYPE!
STUNNING.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
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Normally the item arrives after 2-7 JOB’S DAYS from the shipment.
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