During the First World War S. Mordan & Co manufactured compasses for the UK Ministry of Defence. They made mainly Verner’s pattern compasses during this period. Called mirror compasses, they were a variation on a model designed and produced for the U.S. Corps of Engineers by Cruchon & Emons and PLAN Ltd. in Switzerland.
Typically they are 54mm diameter and weigh about 150 grams. The case inside contains radium paint.
Mordan Propelling Pencil
Friday 29 July 2011
Monday 4 July 2011
The range of Mordan’s Products
I have written elsewhere of the wide range of Mordan’s output. This is clearly demonstrated in an advertisement in the The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Letters, Arts, Sciences and Co., No. 1043, January 14th 1837. This was before Sampson Mordan the elder’s retirement. It is interesting to note the caution at the bottom refers to “S. Mordan and Co. Makers” This is much earlier than the 1844 date which is usually stated as the beginning of the use of the “"S. Mordan and Co. Makers” mark.
"To the trade.
S Mordan and Co. beg to call attention of the Trade to the following Articles of their Manufacture, viz;-
Patent Ever-pointed Pencils and Leads
Patent Locks, with seven guards
Patent Oblique and counter Oblique Steel Pens
Patent Triple Pointed Steel Pens
Patent Portable Quill Pencils
Patent Joint Penholders for Do. in Silver and in Gold
A New Guide Penholder in Silver, much approved of
Patent Styloxynoe (sic), or Pencil Sharpener
Patent Parisian Spring Penholder, and Short Pen for Do.
Gold Pens with Perpetual Points
Cedar Drawing Pencils, pure Cumberland Lead
Fire-Proof Deed Boxes etc
Iron Chest and Bookcases
Iron Doors for Strong Rooms
Patent Spherical- Stoppered Bottles for Scents, Aether (Sic), etc. mounted in Gold and Silver
Patent Inkstands for Travelling Desks, Pocket Etc.
New Fountain Inks of Superior Construction
Portable inkstands in Wood and Leather, etc.
Lump Ink, Cone Ink, and Glass Inkstands of every description
Toilet Bottles, Pastille Burners, Rose Water Bottles Etc.
Smelling Bottles, mounted in Silver and Gold, with S. M. and Co.'s Improved Conical Stopper
Preston Salts, Vingrettes, etc. etc
Soda Water Machines etc., etc,
And to inform them that they have now, in the course of manufacture, several entirely new and useful articles which will be laid out before them with all possible dispatch.
Caution – As imitations have been made of many of their articles, observe, that each bears the name S. Mordan and Co. Makers London.
Manufactory, 22 Castle Street, Finsbury, London
N.B. S. Mordan will be happy to advise Persons taking out Patents for New Inventions, as to the best mode of manufacturing and laying the same before the trade."
"To the trade.
S Mordan and Co. beg to call attention of the Trade to the following Articles of their Manufacture, viz;-
Patent Ever-pointed Pencils and Leads
Patent Locks, with seven guards
Patent Oblique and counter Oblique Steel Pens
Patent Triple Pointed Steel Pens
Patent Portable Quill Pencils
Patent Joint Penholders for Do. in Silver and in Gold
A New Guide Penholder in Silver, much approved of
Patent Styloxynoe (sic), or Pencil Sharpener
Patent Parisian Spring Penholder, and Short Pen for Do.
Gold Pens with Perpetual Points
Cedar Drawing Pencils, pure Cumberland Lead
Fire-Proof Deed Boxes etc
Iron Chest and Bookcases
Iron Doors for Strong Rooms
Patent Spherical- Stoppered Bottles for Scents, Aether (Sic), etc. mounted in Gold and Silver
Patent Inkstands for Travelling Desks, Pocket Etc.
New Fountain Inks of Superior Construction
Portable inkstands in Wood and Leather, etc.
Lump Ink, Cone Ink, and Glass Inkstands of every description
Toilet Bottles, Pastille Burners, Rose Water Bottles Etc.
Smelling Bottles, mounted in Silver and Gold, with S. M. and Co.'s Improved Conical Stopper
Preston Salts, Vingrettes, etc. etc
Soda Water Machines etc., etc,
And to inform them that they have now, in the course of manufacture, several entirely new and useful articles which will be laid out before them with all possible dispatch.
Caution – As imitations have been made of many of their articles, observe, that each bears the name S. Mordan and Co. Makers London.
Manufactory, 22 Castle Street, Finsbury, London
N.B. S. Mordan will be happy to advise Persons taking out Patents for New Inventions, as to the best mode of manufacturing and laying the same before the trade."
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