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From an estate sale in our neighborhood, I recently acquired a Parker 45 with a Basketweave Pattern on the cap and barrel. The pen is solid gold which I believe is 14K. The owner I bought it from does not know anything about it except that it came with a group of pens given to him by his grandfather in 1997.
To my inexperienced eye and limited knowledge about this pen, I believe it is a custom made gold overlay made by a jeweler. Even the pen's section is gold sheet overlay and the "Parker Arrow" clip is also solid gold.
This is the photo near the barrel opening showing the detail of the Basketweave.
I have searched the internet for more info about it but didn't come up with any definitive information. The pen does not have any gold hallmark except the one on the nib nor does it have any imprints saying it is a Parker 45 or where it was made.
The only similar gold Basketweave Pattern pen I saw was of a Parker 75 on Li-Tah Wong's excellent site here :
http://www.parker75....arker75_Ref.htm
and here:
http://www23.addr.co...rototype_26.htm
The very obvious thing when looking at it is that it has the nib unit, size and shape of a Parker 45. It uses a Parker Aerometric Converter which came with the pen.The 14K gold nib is marked 14cts. Made in France with a french hallmark for gold content. Could it be a french made Parker 45 with overlay done by a french jeweler? Did Parker make any Parker 45s in France?
I hope someone can help in identifying this beautiful pen and give any information about its origin, maker, value, and if possible confirm if it was custom made or a factory issue by Parker.
Cheers,
Pentangeli
