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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 4574655, member: 360"]May well be sterling, may not. Would need a test, or a hallmark to be sure. </p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly a ballpoint pen, and if so, then dates to the late 1940s and after. While the BP was invented in the late 1930s, they weren't commercially available until the late 40s and early 50s (WWII tends to do that to product development). </p><p><br /></p><p>That being the case, I'd date it to the 50s or 60s. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tiffany has made stuff like this, but I've never seen this particular design made by Tiffany. If it was, it'd be festooned with the Tiffany marks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 4574655, member: 360"]May well be sterling, may not. Would need a test, or a hallmark to be sure. Certainly a ballpoint pen, and if so, then dates to the late 1940s and after. While the BP was invented in the late 1930s, they weren't commercially available until the late 40s and early 50s (WWII tends to do that to product development). That being the case, I'd date it to the 50s or 60s. Tiffany has made stuff like this, but I've never seen this particular design made by Tiffany. If it was, it'd be festooned with the Tiffany marks.[/QUOTE]
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