Vintage Fountain Pens and Pencils

(this page updated 30th September 2025)

Burnham pens were manufactured in England between the mid-1920's and the mid-1960's
and are now becoming very collectible.
Early Burnhams are quite rare, whilst the 1940's/1950's models come in a
stunning array of different coloured marbles and several different sizes.
By any standards these are worthy pens, and they make very decorative
and useful additions to any collection.

All are in working order - unless noted

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Our ref.	Model	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
BU 384	Art Deco at its most striking ! A rare survivor from those colourful days of the early 1930s. (with semi-flexible MEDIUM nib (which we think is original)	Cream and Dark Blue patterning, with nickel plated trim.	c.1934	VG/EX	£75
BU 380	And here is another rare and early Dinkie-size pen and pencil set in a rare patterning, and in a handsome early Burnham box. (pen has original flexible FINE 14 carat gold nib) (Again, you won't find another set like this anywhere else)!	Orange and Brown marble	c.1933	Pen and pencil - MINT Box also near mint - a few tiny signs of previous storage	£100
BU 375	A lovely and rare Dinkie size pen, complete with the BP (Burnham Pens) engraving on the filler-lever. (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM 14 carat gold nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib We've never seen another like this - anywhere.	Lapis - Light Blue on dark Blue	c.1934	EX	£70
BU 377	VERY PRETTY ! - and at first glance it could be a Conway Stewart Dinkie. But it's not, and again, the lever bears the initials BP (Burnham Pens) - click HERE to see those initials. (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with warranted MEDIUM 14 carat gold nib) Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib Oh so rare !	Shades of Light Green with some Turquoise flecks	c.1932	EX	£70
BU 382	A very pretty and rare example of a 1930's button-filler with the iconic Burnham tear-drop clip from that period. (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original semi-flexible MEDIUM nib Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Silver, Gold, and Black marble	c.1936	EX	£80
BU 389	A nice early example of the L-A-R-G-E-R Executive-style No.60 (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original semi-flexible MEDIUM nib Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Black vulcanite (hard rubber)	c.1936	VG/EX	£70
BU 390	A this is an early and attractive version of the samller NO.44 lady-sized pen (please see condition report) (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original semi-flexible MEDIUM nib Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Blue, Gold and Black marble	c.1936	G - would have been EX but for the fact that the cap band is missing.	£35
BU 392	The 'British make''The BURNHAM pen' (button-filler) (these were the days before there were model numbers) (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with what we think is its original MEDIUM 14 ct. gold semi-flexible nib Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Mottled Green, with nickel-plated trim	c.1936	VG/EX	£60
RBU 147	The 'British make BURNHAM pen' (these were the days before there were model numbers) - and this is an unusual one. (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM GLASS nib Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Black and Silver marble, with nickel-plated trim	c.1936	VG/EX	£60
RBU 383	A real quality pen - and a button-filler as well (with original MEDIUM flexible nib	Green and Black marble, with gold-plated trim	c.1937	VG/EX	£85
BU 381	An unusual Burnham pencil - in great condition and in full working order (no barrel engraving)		c.1938	EX	£35
BU 391	To all intents and purposes, this B 48 is just another run-of-the-mill fountain pen - but to some, it is, in fact, the ultimate writing machine ! This is a model where you can unscrew the nib unit and then screw in another - from fine, medium, broad, to various forms of italic and oblique (this one has its original MEDIUM flexible nib)	Blue/Black marble with Gold veins	c.1948	EX	Pen: £55 Replacement nib units: £10 each
BU 366	No.46 - UNUSUAL - with a GLASS nib ! AND - it's boxed and MINT (with original FINE glass nib)	Black	c.1949	MINT - with original shop-sticker and box	£85
BU 369	No. 55 (click on the images below for larger pictures) (with original MEDIUM/FINE nib Click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Black, with original 'teardrop' clip	c.1944	VG/EX	£55

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