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Message:: [QUOTE="Shangas, post: 3036506, member: 360"]What you've got here is a sterling silver inkstand. Sterling-silver PEN HOLDERS (which is the historical term for them) are very common on eBay. You can find one without too much hassle. They're anywhere from a few dozen dollars, to several hundred, depending on how much you wanna pay, how fancy it is and what condition it's in. They take replaceable, throwaway steel pens ("nibs"), which you can purchase easily from any arts-and-craft/stationery/writing-supplies shop, or online. If you want a FOUNTAIN PEN, then a number of manufacturers make sterling silver fountain pens: Sheaffer, Parker, Montblanc, Tiffany & Company, OMAS, AURORA...I believe Visconti does, as well...it depends on how much you want to spend. But being sterling silver, it won't be cheap. I picked up a sterling silver Tiffany & Co. fountain pen for $150.00. And I would consider that extremely cheap. Usually, sterling silver FPs are anywhere from 2, 3, 10, 12 times that amount. For example, you can spend $2,000, and buy a sterling silver 146 "Solitaire" from Montblanc. It's all a matter of what you're willing to spend.[/QUOTE]