Moved by the spirit of the Enlightenment. Tsar Peter the Great led the Russian Empire out of its cultural isolation into the centre of the great nations of Europe. He started the first Russian newspaper, founded the first state museum of Russia, with a public library, and the Russian Academy of Science. This was built in the city named after this great tsar – St. Petersburg.
The fine gold work of the Patron of Art Edition Peter I. the Great reflects the magnificent court of the Russian tsar: surrounded by laurel wreaths, artistic yellow gold-plated ornamentation encircles the dark green barrel of edition 4810. In edition 888 these patterns are made of 750 white gold. The cap top of the pen is adorned with precious emeralds, which glow in same green as that of the barrel. The two-headed eagle, a motif from the rich iconography of the age of the tsars, is delicately engraved into 18-carat gold nib.
Launch: 1997
Fountain pen: 4810
Fountain pen: 888 (750 white gold ornamentation)
Fountain pen 4810
Fountain pen 888
