− | {{Infobox_Brand|Blackbird}}</noinclude> [[Image:1927-Swan-Models.jpg|thumb|100px|A [[Swan]] advertisement for the ''[[Merle Blanc]]'' brand]] The [[Blackbird]] brand was introduced by [[Swan]] before 1914,<ref>no precise date is known, we refer to this date which is quoted in [https://www.penexchange.de/forum_en/viewtopic.php?t=6332 this article] where it says that the oldest found (with [[eyedropper filler]]) is prior to this, which is the year of the foundation of ''"Mabie Todd and Co. Limited"''.</ref> to distinguish its economic production. The pens, as well as by name, were identified, as the the main brand versions, by the stylized logo of the bird from which they get the name (i.e. the blackbird). | + | {{Infobox_Brand|Blackbird}}</noinclude> [[Image:1927-Swan-Models.jpg|thumb|100px|A [[Swan]] advertisement for the ''[[Merle Blanc]]'' brand]] The ''Blackbird'' brand was introduced by [[Swan]] before 1914,<ref>no precise date is known, we refer to this date which is quoted in [https://www.penexchange.de/forum_en/viewtopic.php?t=6332 this article] where it says that the oldest found (with [[eyedropper filler]]) is prior to this, which is the year of the foundation of ''"Mabie Todd and Co. Limited"''.</ref> to distinguish its economic production. The pens, as well as by name, were identified, as the the main brand versions, by the stylized logo of the bird from which they get the name (i.e. the blackbird). |