Early Patented-Clip Eclipse Flat-Top

This black and gold "marble" Eclipse doesn't fit the mold--it is a tapered flat-top shape but with the earlier, script-marked, patented 2-piece clip.  It was the design of Marx Finstone, the founder of the Eclipse Fountain Pen and Pencil Company.

 It is a 5 inch celluloid pencil with a nose-drive mechanism, using 1.1 mm lead.  The cap pulls off--there might have been an eraser inside at one time.  There is room for extra lead.  It is a little bit thick at 3/8 inch in diameter.  It has a single gold band above the clip.  My other flat-top model has two bands, a contrasting cap, and capital-letter marking on the clip.  (See it here:  Pleased To Meet You.)

Just when you think a celluloid marble design (like this one, for example) is too over-the-top, you discover that black and gold marble really does occur in nature.  How striking!

And so my love affair with Eclipse continues.