peacock's fountain pen

this french pen looks to be a waterman nock off comprised of parts from various different makers.  its interesting to me, and i am seeing this more and more with french pens, that french pens were also made up of many parts from many manufacturers.  the unusual part is that all the different parts are stamped with its own makers mark.









this nib was entirely black when i originally found it in the pen.  after soaking it in lemon juice for a couple hours the tarnish came right off.  after writing with a brown ink the un plated metal discolored again and the nib became legible 

W. M ²
GOLD
PLATED
No 85

WW
(drawing of a pen)
MM

WM
DOUBLE




its surprising to me that the nib was gold plated when the band on the screw cap has the double eagle indicating that its 18K gold. i switched out the old nib with a waterman #2 with some flex.  the feed for the pen is an exact replica of watermans spoon feed so it writes well.

the leaver box is also done in the waterman style with "idole" inscribed in the globe.  idole is french for idol.

the pen body is inscribed

PEACOCK'S        FOUNTAIN PEN

29 MAY 1925            No 1529

MARQUE          DEPOSEE

the triangle in the middle is surrounded by the words 

PEA COCK PEN

and there is a drawing of a peacock within the triangle

the pen is 5 3/8" long capped