Mont Blanc Limited Edition Bernard Shaw Pen
Since the beginning of the 1990′s, Mont Blanc pen company started a new tradition of dedicating a set of writing instruments (normally including a fountain pen, a ballpoint and a pencil in luxurious gift box) in Limited Editions to great authors in history who are recognized for their literary genius and efforts to make the world literature more comprehensive. The Writers Series pens by Mont Blanc are artistically inspired by the creative life and works of the authors. The company always goes one step farther to give each new piece of art a little more value, hence the price of Limited Edition pens which easily goes over $100,000 per item. A final tribute to the famous author is his or her personal signature beautifully engraved into the side of each pen cap. Mont Blanc diligently carves the autographs of famous writers to tribute to their genius. Each and every Mont Blanc pen of the Writers Series bears a touch of personality of the author it is dedicated to. This makes each pen even more valuable and worth collecting by avid fans of the brand and passionate collectors of precious fountain pens.
The George Bernard Shaw Limited Edition Collection, conjures the Irish countryside in green marbled lacquer, with the fountain nib engraved with a bouque. The pen bears the signature of George Bernard Shaw, a composer coming from Ireland who became a famous literary critic, but most importantly a dramatic playwright. In his life, mostly spent in London, Bernard Shaw wrote more than sixty plays. In 1926, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and received an Oscar in 1938 after producing a screenplay for Pygmalion. A core symbol found on the Mont Blanc Limited Edition Bernard Shaw pen is the flower engraved on the nib of the fountain pen. This flower symbolizes Eliza Doolittle, the flower girl, who is one of the leading characters in Pygmalion.
The Bernard Shaw Writers Edition pen from Mont Blanc is yet another beautiful homage to a great author who deserved a place on the world literature Olympus. Shaw became known and respected thanks to his wit and playfulness at the time when these virtues were at a loss. He made a brilliant satirist of the XXth century. He was belonged to a conservative part of the society and paid little attention to public greatness and his own reputation. Long after Shaw’s brilliant life full of witty creativity, Mont Blanc pays tribute to him, his moral principles and light-heartedness that made his name a classic asset. The new Limited Edition pen honors his fatherland, Ireland. All in all, Mont Blanc Limited Edition includes 16,000 fountain pens bearing the signature of Bernard Shaw, and 18,000 ballpoint pens. Only 4,000 gift sets in luxurious wrapping with the Mont Blanc white star logo were released marking the Writers Edition line.
