CARAN D'ACHE Collection Privée Gotica Limited Edition Fountain Pen #0130/1140 M

Description

CARAN D'ACHE Collection Privée Gotica Limited Edition Fountain Pen #0130/1140 M
Year: 2004
Limited Edition 0130/1140
18k – 750 rhodium coated Medium (M) nib engraved with a rose motif
Converter filling
Made in Switzerland
In creating its Collection Privée, Caran d’Ache has found a rich source of inspiration in architecture.
The opening model in the Collection was “La Modernista” (year 1995, you can find one for sale in our eBay store) dedicated to Modernism, an artistic movement founded in Barcelona at the end of XIX century.
The CdA Gotica is the second step in this remarkable celebration of architectural themes.
With its alternating fleur-de-lis, rose window and Gothic motifs, this luxury fountain pen takes connoisseurs back in time in both visual and sensory terms.
Crafted from .925 solid sterling, this amazing and very beautiful Caran D’Ache limited edition Gotica fountain pen is rhodium plated, with colourful lacquer decorations inspired by the gothic architecture of the cathedral of St. Denis in Paris.
The brightly colored panels are decorated with flowers and fleurs-de-lis, and come to a graceful curving point reminiscent of the gothic arch.
The pen is a miniaturized tribute to gothic art and architecture.
“Gotica” has a six-sided rhodium-coated sterling silver body and cap and each surface displays a gothic window of rosette and fleurs-de-lis in luminous colours.
It’s a very large, substantial and impressive pen : it measures 17cm (6 ¾ inches) and is fitted with and 18k - 750 gold Medium (M) nib.
Its body is sterling silver and is hallmarked Ag 925.
The edition is limited to 1140 pieces as a tribute to the age which provided its inspiration.
The edition is long sold out.
Each of these luxury fountain pens started its life in the workshops of Barcelona silversmiths Miguel Cunill who produced the silver framework for the gothic decoration.
Caran d’Ache master craftsmen then applied the colours to the pen using a fine brush.
The colouring technique is appropriately reminiscent of that used to create stained glass.
The pen here offered for sale comes in unused, never inked, condition. Complete with its lacquered box, outer box and papers, and namely:
CdA Gotica booklet, International Lifetime Guarantee (filled out and stamped, the pen was purchased at Brachard, Geneva – Switzerland in 2004), CdA Collection Privée client form (blank), Directions for use, CdA Collection Privée Certificate #130/1140.
Please notice that the inner lining of the lacquered display box shows an ink stain (circa 1 cm long).
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