Montegrappa Sophia Fountain Pen, Nib M

S O P H I A. NUMBER : 0087 / 1200. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PENS OF MONTEGRAPPA. STERLING SILVER, ROSE GOLD, GOLD. ALL BOXES AND PAPERS, SORRY BUT NO OUTER DUST BOX. ABOUT THE MONTEGRAPPA SOPHIA. Montegrappas new Sophia pen has quite an archeological twist on it. The cap of the pen features an image of the Rosetta Stone, an archaeological discovery of immeasurable importance. On it appears a single text written in three different language systems (hieroglyphics, demotic and classical Greek). Other symbols of Egyptian civilization complete the decoration of the cap: samples of hieroglyphics and demotic writing, the sphinx, the pyramids and a representation of Thot, the god of knowledge to whom the Egyptians attributed the invention of writing. The barrel of the Montegrappa Sophia Silver Fountain Pen shows an example of Greek and a detail of Raphaels famous fresco The School of Athens in which the philosophers Aristotle and Plato and the mathematician and thinker Pythagoras can be seen. Some of the 4,000 characters, representing all the alphabets in the world, which decorate the walls of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, are inscribed on the barrel of the Sophia Limited Edition Silver Fountain Pen. The cap and barrel, crafted in sterling silver are decorated using the exclusive technique of burin engraving, with applications of yellow gold and rose gold. The Montegrappa Sophia Silver Fountain Pen is crafted using sterling silver, 18K yellow gold, 18K rose gold, resin and is available in a limited edition of 1200 pieces. On the cap is an image of the Rosetta Stone, an archaeological discovery of immeasurable importance. On it appears a single text written in three different language systems (hieroglyphics, demotic, and classical Greek). This allowed to decipher the hieroglyphics. Other symbols of Egyptian civilisation complete the decoration of the cap: samples of hieroglyphics and demotic writing, the sphinx, the pyramids and a representation of Thot, the god of knowledge to whom the Egyptians attributed the invention of writing. The barrel of the pen shows an example of Greek and a detail of Raphael’s famous fresco “The School of Athens” in which the philosophers Aristotle and Plato and the mathematician and thinker Pythagoras can be seen. Some of the 4,000 characters representing all the alphabets in the world which decorate the walls of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina are inscribed on the barrel of the Sophia Limited Edition. The cap and barrel, made of sterling silver or yellow gold in the case of the more precious versions are decorated using the exclusive technique of burin engraving, with applications of yellow gold and pink gold (or pink gold and white gold in the case of the yellow gold version) which add relief and magnificence to the details. Sophia Limited Edition is available in sterling silver fountain pen (1200 pieces as the length in km of the Valley of the Nile), sterling silver rollerball pen 331 pieces in memory of the year when the Library of Alexandria was founded: 331 b. , 18K yellow gold fountain pen (58 pieces as the number of individuals depicted in Raphael’s fresco “The School of Athens”) and 18K yellow gold fountain pen with diamonds (11 pieces as the number of floors in the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina). The item “MONTEGRAPPA SOPHIA FOUNTAIN PEN, NIB M” is in sale since Monday, February 3, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Pens & Writing Instruments\Other Writing Collectibles”. The seller is “manuel3388″ and is located in Alpharetta, Georgia. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
• Material: Sterling Silver

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