Marco Polo LE1 Il Milione Fountain Pen
| Release Information | |
|---|---|
| Collection | High Artistry |
| Date | 2016 |
| Product Identification | |
| Medium Nib | MB115424 |
Mike's Status : Want it!
Product features
| Cap | The imposing cap is set in a pavé of brilliant cut dark red rubies, brilliant cut cognac-coloured diamonds and carre-cut diamonds with no colour. The cap ring is decorated with various creatures from the wild and fantastic world he experienced - il Milione. The cap rings are adorned with 262 diamonds in brilliant cut (~1,7 ct.). |
| Cap Top | A compass rose, that can be revealed by unscrewing, set with four brilliant cut diamonds (~0,016 ct.) is worked into the cap top. The emblem is set in a diamond pavé of 81 diamonds in brilliant cut (0,397 ct.). |
| Clip | The clip, which is set with a diamond in princess cut (~0,09 ct.), represents the golden pass given to him by Kublai Khan, which guaranteed safe travels through the Khan’s kingdom. |
| Overall Design | The shape and color draws inspiration from a typical coromandel folding screen. The skeletonized barrel, a work of art in Au750 signature gold is set in full pavé of 763 brilliant cut diamonds (~3,44 ct.) and 28 sapphires (~0,084), 10 brilliant cut rubies (~0,03 ct.) and symbolises a world-map that is inspired by the travel route of Marco Polo. The gold intarsia are representing the trip of Marco Polo: 28 steps to Quanzhou, 10 steps back to Venice. |
| Cone | In an elegant reference to the city where Marco Polo’s legendary journey began and ended, the cone features Venetian-style palatial arches, is set with 297 diamonds (~2,272 ct.) and is enclosing an approx. 6,12 ct Montblanc diamond. |
| Nib | The Au750 solid signature gold nib is decorated with Marco Polo crossing the desert, taken from The Catalon Atlas map. |
| Limitation | The limitation 1 refers to his book “Il Milione”, which means 1 Million. |
Main SKU: 115424