MONTBLANC Writers Edition Homage to Jane Austen Limited Edition Rollerball 130673

The fluting of a classical column embellishes the elegant sandstone-grey resin barrel, along with Jane Austen’s signature with the contrasting grey-blue cap . Gold-coated rings on the barrel and platinum-plated fittings add finishing touches to the design.
Gold-coated rings on the barrel and platinum-plated fittings add finishing touches to the design. The engraving of the Roman numerals XLIII on the cap ring is a reference to the chapter of the one of novel .
The title page of her novel Sense and Sensibility, published in 1811, merely declared the work to have been written ‘By a Lady’. This statement of authorship adorns the cap top of the Writers Edition Homage to Jane Austen Limited Edition, along with the Montblanc emblem. The silhouette of the writing instrument itself resembles a wax seal stamp. The clip is every bit as unusual as the cap. Shaped like a braided cord with a drawstring closure, it resembles that of a ‘reticule’, a type of bag used by women around 1800 to carry their powder, mirror and the indispensable pocket handkerchief.