VINTAGE PELIKAN FOUNTAIN PEN INK PAPER BRAND COMMERCIAL GERMANY #2(K)

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VINTAGE PELIKAN FOUNTAIN PEN INK PAPER BRAND COMMERCIAL GERMANY # 2 (K)
size: 60 sm / 60 sm
Pelikan originally started life as a water color and
ink. Founded by Carl Hornemann in Hanover, Germany, in April 1838, the factory quickly became renowned for its inks.
Günther Wagner came to work for Carl Hornemann as a chemist and workshop manager in 1863 where he created the ‘Small Honey Paints’. These were small round watercolors which used honey as a binding agent. Recognising the increasing use of identifying marks, Wagner took inspiration from his family crest to create the first Pelikan logo. He placed this new logo on the metal tin of the honey paints.
The Pelikan logo originally had 3 chicks, but after the birth of Wagner’s 4th child the logo shows 4 chicks in the nest. A logo redesign in 1937 saw all the proposed designs move back to 3 chicks. Eventually though another chick was “thrown overboard” as “even the three remaining chicks are still too close together and difficult to make out, especially when reduced in size.” (Fritz Beindorff, Pelikan owner, 1937). Today for further simplification, the logo has only 1 chick within the nest.
Very good condition
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