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This is a Crocker Blow Filler fountain pen made of black hard rubber and an overlay of mother of pearl slabs on the barrel c. 1910s. It is 5 1/8 inches long. Crocker blow filler pens have a concave depression in the top of the cap and bottom of the barrel with a hole at the center. The pen, when properly restored, would be filled by dunking the nib section into an inkwell and blowing into the hole at the base of the barrel. The pen would have an ink sac inside and the air pressure would collapse the sac and draw ink in as the sac expands. We believe the cap can be used to lengthen the pen for this purpose, thus the hole in the cap top. There are no maker’s marks on the cap and barrel. The barrel trim pieces appear to be gold filled. The gold nib is stamped THE over CROCKER over N.Y. over 3. Unfortunately, the rather flexible nib was sprung. This pen is available for purchase on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224827328142 #pencollecting #crocker #blowfiller #hardrubber #motherofpearl #ebonite #fountainpen https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ3OHaaMba-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This is a Crocker Blow Filler fountain pen made of mottled red hard rubber found with no nib c. 1910s. It is 5 1/4 inches long. Crocker blow filler pens have a concave depression in the top of the cap and bottom of the barrel with a hole at the center. The pen, when properly restored, would be filled by dunking the nib section into an inkwell and blowing into the hole at the base of the barrel. The pen would have an ink sac inside and the air pressure would collapse the sac and draw ink in as the sac expands. We believe the cap can be used to lengthen the pen for this purpose, thus the hole in the cap top. The barrel is stamped CROCKER NEW YORK. This pen is available for purchase on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224827328070 #pencollecting #crocker #blowfiller #redhardrubber #ebonite #fountainpen https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ0F635vkKn/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Two Crocker Blow Fillers c1910s. We picked up these two beautiful Crocker blow fillers in Maine. The pen holders are just gorgeous and in excellent condition with the mother of pearl shell overlay pen having one slightly open joint between two of the pieces. We are showing them closed because one is missing the nib and the other one's 14 karat gold nib is a spring mess. The mottled red hard rubber is an exceptional color, which we hope comes through in the photo. These pens have a concave depression in the top of the cap and bottom of the barrel with a hole at the center. The pen is filled by dunking the nib section into an inkwell and blowing into the hole at the base of the barrel. We believe the cap can be used to lengthen the pen for this purpose, thus the hole in the cap top. We imagine one would have to be careful filling one of these so as not to wind up with an inky mess.