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[[Image:Mallat-Logo.svg|center|320px|Mallat Logo]]

[[Image:Mallat-Logo.svg|center|320px|Mallat Logo]]

[[Mallat]] is one of the historical French fountain pen producer, and since it was founded in 1842 is also one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments in the world, and perhaps it can also be considered, for the invention of Siphoïde, the first producer having launched on the market a real fountain pen precursor.

[[Mallat]] is one of the historical French fountain pen producer, and since it was founded in [[1842]] is also one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments in the world, and perhaps it can also be considered, for the invention of [[Siphoïde]], the first producer having launched on the market a real fountain pen precursor.

Despite its beginnings the actual production of fountain pens started at the end of World War I, with a peak of production in the postwar period, when the company was noted for being among the first to use plastic. Fountain pen production stopped around the 60's, when they were removed from the market the success of the disposable ballpoint pens. [[Mallat]] fountain pens are of good quality and the older ones are still experiencing a quite good collector's interest. {{Infobox_Brand|Mallat}}

Despite its beginnings the actual production of fountain pens started at the end of World War I, with a peak of production in the postwar period, when the company was noted for being among the first to use plastic. Fountain pen production stopped around the 60's, when they were removed from the market the success of the disposable ballpoint pens. [[Mallat]] fountain pens are of good quality and the older ones are still experiencing a quite good collector's interest. {{Infobox_Brand|Mallat}}

==History==

==History==

[[Mallat]] is probably one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments from around the world, its founding by ''Jean Benoit Mallat'', traces to [[1842]]. In [[1852]] ''Jean Benoit Mallat'' first patented a pen with metal nib and in [[1864]] patented the ''Siphoïde'', a real ancestor of a fountain pen, and probably the first writing instrument equipped with a reservoir that has been produced and marketed.

La [[Mallat]] è probabilmente una delle più antiche aziende produttrici di strumenti di scrittura di tutto il mondo, risalendo la sua fondazione, da parte di ''Jean Benoit Mallat'', addirittura al [[1842]]. Nel [[1852]] ''Jean Benoit Mallat'' brevettò una prima penna con pennino metallico e nel [[1864]] brevettò il ''[[Siphoïde]]'', un antenato della stilografica, probabilmente il primo strumento di scrittura dotato di serbatoio ad essere stato prodotto e commercializzato.

[[Image:Mallat-A52-Black-Open-2.jpg|thumb|A Mallat A52 in hard rubber]]

[[Image:Mallat-A52-Black-Open-2.jpg|thumb|A Mallat A52 in hard rubber]]

From its beginnings, the company always operates in the field of writing materials with nibs and straws and other stationery items, while the actual production of fountain pens only began after  World War I (although there are some who reports the date of 1916) with the introduction of various models: the [[Regulier]] an [[eyedropper filler]] model, the [[Sureté]], a [[safety]] filler, and the [[Automatic]], a [[lever filler]]. They were identified respectively by the letters "R", "S" and "A" before the number of model.

Dalle sue origini l'azienda operò sempre nel campo dei materiali per scrittura, con pennini e cannucce ed altri articoli di cancelleria, mentre la produzione di stilografiche vere e proprie iniziò soltanto dopo la prima guerra mondiale, (anche se c'è chi riporta la data del [[1916]]) con la realizzazione di vari modelli: la [[Regulier]] con caricamento a contagocce, la [[Sureté]] con caricamento [[safety]] e la [[Automatique]] con [[caricamento a levetta]], identificate rispettivamente dalla lettere "R", "S" e "A" prima del numero del modello.

In the early '30s [[Mallat]] introduced the [[celluloid]] producing models with both [[lever filler|lever]] and [[button filler|button]] loading system, using [[streamlined]] shapes and conical-shaped ends. In the [[1930]] they introduced  the [[Mallat 120|120]] a [[lever filler]] ladies model, produced in iridescent colors, and the [[Mallat 130|130]], also a [[lever filler]]. The [[Mallat 150|150]] and the [[Integral]] models, introduced in [[1936]], where instead [[button filler]], produced with the goal of a better ink capacity, as dictated from the French market trend of that period.  

In the early '30s [[Mallat]] introduced the [[celluloid]] producing models with both [[lever filler|lever]] and [[button filler|button]] loading system, using [[streamlined]] shapes and conical-shaped ends. In the [[1930]] they introduced  the [[Mallat 120|120]] a [[lever filler]] ladies model, produced in iridescent colors, and the [[Mallat 130|130]], also a [[lever filler]]. The [[Mallat 150|150]] and the [[Integral]] models, introduced in [[1936]], where instead [[button filler]], produced with the goal of a better ink capacity, as dictated from the French market trend of that period.