does it have a clip? it seems to be a variant of the swan eternal 44, of which i posted a pic of mine in the gallery:
yours has a red ripple finial of sorts (which i've also seen on other swan pens, a very nice touch), while mine is all black.
googling, i also found this large swan sold on ebay with E4C on the section:
http://www.ebay.ie/i...C-/141307902175
Thanks very much for your reply and for the link to the E444-60.
All very interesting this is! And I am sure you are correct in suggesting that it is a variant of the E44 series - the giveaway being the "stacked coins" bands.
Of course the 60 suffix means that the E444 was made of celluloid; my pen which as I said, has no other model number stamped on it is made from BHR, and I am lucky in that it has uniform colour and is pretty well black - not as black as black celluloid (e.g. a 230SF60-B I have, which I suppose is of similar vintage). Yours looks splendidly black; is it a 60 too?
There is no clip - and fortunately there never has been! The nib is pretty large - even for a 4 - a shame it's an Eternal, but one can't have everything and it actually does write very nicely. Yes I do like the RHR finial (I have a SF230 with the same feature) sadly the Swan motif has practically disappeared.
I wonder if the E4C designation was merely a part number for a section produced to accept an Eternal 4 nib since it appears on the section of the E44-60 also? I have an attractive leverless in a sort of "tiger-eye" colour. This has a No 3 nib and on the section is stamped "L3"; there is no other number on the pen! I suppose in that case "L3" simply meant Leverless No 3 nib.
Are you able to date your pen? Mine I suppose, could be anywhere from early 'twenties to early 'thirties.
Thanks again for your contribution.
Cob
Edited by Cob, 29 July 2014 - 01:06 AM.