Gold Starry bookends.

Gold starry bookends. 4 corners with small discreet shocks. Metal and marble. See photos.the history of this brand begins in the premises of a publishing house, at delagrave, at the beginning of the century. Maurice jandelle, representative of this company, had the idea of importing fountain pens from england to satisfy an ever-increasing demand. To do this, in 1909 he negotiated an alliance with a young company from across the channel, conway stewart. Pens that were originally branded gold star soon after became gold starry. The brand was registered in 1912. Models no. 36 and 39 in ebonite, with retractable nib and dropper filling were marketed in 1913. They bear the gold star logo which symbolizes their origin. In 1921 maurice jandelle wanted to gain independence. This is good because since 1919 in saint-leu-la forêt, paul jeanvrin and andré petit have been manufacturing pens but lack the means to develop their distribution. The trio will create the gold starry company accompanied by its famous slogan, “the pen that works!” » in 1925 gold starry launched its models 256 and 257 in colored ebonite bearing the french manufacture inscription on the body...