1900 Brandauer Circular-Pointed Pens Ad – Birmingham

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1900 Brandauer Circular-Pointed Pens Ad – Birmingham

Original 1900 advert for Brandauer & Co.’s award-winning circular-pointed pens, showcasing Birmingham’s precision in late Victorian pen manufacturing.

Measurements: approx. 2 5/8 x 2 inches
Dates: 1900
Source: Illustrated London News
Condition: In decent condition. Please check our images.
Internal notes: QC passed

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With its bold serif lettering and precision illustration, this 1900 advert reflects the confident elegance of Victorian industrial design. At its centre is a crisp depiction of a Brandauer pen nib — refined, mechanical, and promising a smooth writing experience free from scratch or spurt. It’s a fine example of how late-19th-century manufacturers used clean graphic clarity to sell quality and reliability.

Issued by C. Brandauer & Co. of Birmingham and published in the Illustrated London News, the advert promotes their Circular-Pointed Pens — a rounded nib series marketed as writing “as smoothly as a lead pencil.” Notably awarded seven prize medals, these pens boasted a specially processed point and were sold as assorted sample boxes for seven stamps via mail order. The company was part of Birmingham’s thriving pen-making industry, then the global centre for steel nib production.

Well preserved and richly illustrative, this original piece offers a rare glimpse into the craft and confidence of Edwardian-era stationery advertising. Ideal for collectors of writing ephemera, pen history, or Birmingham industrial heritage — a paper fragment with enduring character.

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