Only Online Auction
Geneva, Apr 07, 2021
LOT 405
Montblanc, “Patron of Art Edition”, Ref. 28771, made in 2008
“François 1er”, limited edition, No. 0 754 / 4 810
CHF 1,100 - 1,550
EUR 1,000 - 1,400 / USD 1,200 - 1,700 / HKD 9,300 - 13,000
Fountain-pen with medium 18K yellow gold nib engraved with three lilies (fleurs-de-lys), emblem of the French royalty (dated 2008)
Original fitted box and outer box, “François 1er” booklet and guarantee (dated April 10, 2008)
Brand Montblanc
Notes
Montblanc, “François 1er”
Montblanc created this pen in 2008 in honour of François I. (1494-1547), King of France (1515-1547), one of the most important figures in the development of Renaissance art, who drew great artists including Leonardo da Vinci into the French court, in a limited and numbered edition of 4 810 examples. The eighteenth of Montblanc’s “Patron of Art Edition”.
The barrel of the pen is made from golden-brown shimmering tiger’s-eye, and the deep-black precious resin cap’s gold-plated fittings are elaborately engraved in the Renaissance style.
A diamond-encrusted version (“Ateliers privés” series) of this fountain-pen was made in a limited edition of 8 examples.
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