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A.T. Cross Company, LLC is an American manufacturing company of writing implements, based in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1846, it is one of the oldest pen manufacturers in the world. Cross' products include fountain, ballpoint, and rollerball pens, mechanical pencils and refills.
A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork , electronics , digital scanning and spaceflight , and computing.
In 1961 British Pens acquired the pen businesses of Perry & Co. and other manufacturers like John Mitchell and Joseph Gillott's. As part of the Twinlock Group its name was changed to "Cumberland Graphics" in 1975. Byron Head, the managing director of William Mitchell, acquired British Pens in 1982, renaming it "William Mitchell Ltd.". [9]
The Conway Stewart trademark in the UK was purchased by Helix from the liquidators in 1975. The trademark was then purchased by another company with a view to relaunching the brand on a range of fibre tipped pen for the mass market, only limited numbers were produced and in 1994 Don Yendle purchased the UK tradename from the company.
Sheaffer Pen Corporation (/ ˈ ʃ eɪ f ə r /) is an American manufacturing company of writing instruments, particularly luxury fountain pens. The company was founded by Walter A. Sheaffer in Fort Madison, Iowa , and incorporated in 1913 [ 4 ] to exploit his invention of a lever-filling fountain pen.
The cross, in 2018. Hunmanby Market Cross is a historic structure in Hunmanby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a market in Hunmanby by 1241, when Gilbert de Gant complained that a new market in Filey was affecting its trade. [1] The market cross was erected in the mediaeval period, although the exact period is unknown. [2]
Fortnum & Mason plc (colloquially often shortened to just Fortnum's) is an upmarket department store in London, England.The main store is located at 181 Piccadilly in the St James's area of London, where it was established in 1707 by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason.
Gillott died in Birmingham and was buried in Key Hill Cemetery. [6]A white marble bust of Gillott stands in the main foyer of Birmingham Council House.. In later years, Gillott's son, Joseph Gillott junior, purchased a considerable estate in the village of Catherine-de-Barnes, Solihull on which he built New Berry Hall, a large gothic mansion with North and South Lodges.