With the Limited Edition Magical Black Widow Montblanc pays masterful tribute to the mythology of the spider as a positive sign for fortune. A Collector’s piece inspired by the iconic lucky spider.
Like no other creature in the animal kingdom, spiders have a strange and fascinating effect on people. The black widow is regarded as the queen among the arachnids. This venomous beauty is distinguished by the striking red markings on its black shiny body. The black widow earns its name from the female’s peculiar characteristic of eating the male after mating and thus making itself a widow.
As a result of its ambivalent reputation, different meanings are attached to the spider in mythological history. Thus, in some cultures the image of a spider climbing down a thread is regarded as good fortune coming from heaven and a harbinger of fertility and wealth. Moreover, the shape of the spider’s body, which being divided into two sections forms a figure eight, is often interpreted as the symbol of infinity. The spider’s web is seen in some traditions as reflecting the intricate interconnectivity of life as a dreamcatcher which protects people from bad dreams. On the other hand the spider does not enjoy a positive reputation in all mythologies: in some traditions it represents the lethal counterpart of the busybee and is the embodiment of man’s sinful urges.
One of the most sought after Montblanc pens, the Black Widow Fountain Pen 88 is encased by a web of 750 white gold, featuring a filigree spider studded with black diamonds on the clip. In some countries, the spider is seen as a symbol of luck, and, in honor of the lucky spider, whose figure 8 shaped body symbolizes infinity.
The Limited Edition Fountain Pen 8 encircled by a web of white diamonds and white gold features a filigree spider, studded with black diamonds on the clip. Artistically sculptured, this figure made of 750 white gold envelopes the transparent barrel and the cap, and continues as fine engraving on the cone and the top of the cap.
The same skeletonized white gold pattern wraps a translucent gray barrel of the Limited Edition Fountain Pen 8. This time the two black diamonds and hundreds of white diamonds embellish not only the barrel and the cap of the pen, but also the cone of the pen.
Launch 2004
Limitation:
Fountains Pens 88
Fountain Pens 8
Fountain Pens 3
Fountain Pen 88
Fountain Pen 8
Fountain Pen 3
