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Human
Civilization
Montegrappa
2000 Limited Edition
Human Civilization is the second pen in the trilogy that began with
Science and
Nature and illustrates our view of human history and the context in
which it has developed.
Human Civilization is
produced as a limited and numbered edition of 1,912 fountain
pens in sterling silver and resin.
The pen's body is decorated by the technique of low relief engraving that
on this pen
has reached depths that have never before been reached to allow the
application of the
enamel. Vitreous
enamelling requires the manual application of each colour and each
colour utilized has in
turn a separate "firing", (the surface honing, the successive
polishing and the application of a layer of transparent varnish that
requires a further firing) completes this toilsome process, giving
life to a work of art
that is unique to its kind.
The clip is realised in die casting and finished by hand. From an
original design
and sculpture it is endowed with a spring mechanism and is characterized
by deep engraving and by an "agate" cabochon that recalls the
colour of the pen's
resin. The
rich central band resumes the design engraved on the clip and through
the carved areas one
may appreciate the resin's luminosity. The nib, a masterpiece
of its kind has been lovingly chiselled with three delicate fleur-de-lys
(representing dynastic power and government, a fuller explanation
will follow.) It is in 18K gold and partially platinum plated. It
boasts an ebonite feeder that guarantees a constant and regular inkflow.
All the small parts are in sterling silver. All the parts not realised in
precious metal are in opalescent sepia coloured resin.
 
The Box
Manufactured in quality wood and partially lacquered and covered in
leather, the
packaging of Human Civilization was conceived to be used successively as
a pocket emptier
(valet). Montegrappa
has created a new and exceptional fountain pen, realized with the
most precious metals and with the most exclusive techniques, whether one
is a collector or not,
to hand down to prosperity to celebrate the beginning of
the third millennium.
 
Art and Culture, witnesses to history since the moment that Man emerged
as an erect
ape in the vertebrate genetical tree, his passage throughout history
has been testified by the traces he has left of his actual exploration
of the World. A portrait that has often been an evolutionary synthesis
of a life style seen from a point of view that is both technically
esthetical and formally
symbolic.
With Human
Civilization, Montegrappa 1912 has
intended to create a jewel of a pen not only for its materials and
manufacture, but also
and above all for the complete vision that it offers as
a symbol of civilization's progress from it's dawn to the present day.
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FOR VIEWING !!
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