I found a Edward Todd & Co. ringtop, that i must say looks like the same overlay as a Parker Lucky Curve. Did the overlay company also make overlay's for Edward Todd & Co. who made the one's for Parker?
Heath Overlay's: Parker and Edward Todd & Co?
Started by brando090, Jun 28 2012 05:27 PM
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david i
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 08:16 PM
I found a Edward Todd & Co. ringtop, that i must say looks like the same overlay as a Parker Lucky Curve. Did the overlay company also make overlay's for Edward Todd & Co. who made the one's for Parker?
Hi Brandon,
Not my core focus, though Heath did make overlays for more than one company and iirc released some under own name.
Most of the metal Edward Todd pens I've seen seem to be metal barrel and cap, threaded items, not early rubber slip caps similar to early Parker Heath-overlay pens. I might simply have never noticed earlier E. Todd pens though. Do share images.
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 08:34 PM
David,
This was the pen i was looking at. Im not bidding any more, but i must say, this screams early Parker overlay to me. I know the nib says Edward Todd & Co, but it's not uncommon for the nibs to be replaced. Is this just a great looking overlay pen, or is it in fact a Heath overlay, or Parker pen?
http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1435.l2649
This was the pen i was looking at. Im not bidding any more, but i must say, this screams early Parker overlay to me. I know the nib says Edward Todd & Co, but it's not uncommon for the nibs to be replaced. Is this just a great looking overlay pen, or is it in fact a Heath overlay, or Parker pen?
http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1435.l2649
Edited by brando090, 30 June 2012 - 05:47 AM.
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David Nishimura
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 11:48 PM
Actually, what it screams is "Edward Todd".
Closest comparables are Swans and Bostons.
Still much research to be done regarding who supplied metal overlays to which penmakers, as well as which penmakers did their overlay-making in-house.
Closest comparables are Swans and Bostons.
Still much research to be done regarding who supplied metal overlays to which penmakers, as well as which penmakers did their overlay-making in-house.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 05:15 AM
David,
This was the pen i was looking at. Im not bidding any more, but i must say, this screams early Parker overlay to me. I know the nib says Edward Todd & Co, but it's not uncommon for the nibs to be replaced. Is this just a great looking overlay pen, or is it in fact a Heath overlay, or Parker pen?
http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1435.l2649
There's some similarity in the leaf pattern to the Parker 14, but that's not really saying much. Most of the overlay pens made in that era looked pretty similar.
John Danza
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