− | {{Infobox_Brand|Fratelli Cavaliere}}</noinclude> [[Image:Stampigliatura-Linda-Darnes.svg|thumb|A ''Cavaliere'' punch sample]] | + | {{Infobox_Brand|Fratelli Cavaliere}}</noinclude>[[File:Universal-Laminata-Cavaliere-Inscr.jpg|thumb|upright| ''Fratelli Cavaliere'' trademark punch]] |
| Although not strictly a fountain pens manufacturer, the ''Fratelli Cavaliere'' has a significant role in the Italian fountain pen history, as it is at the apex in the [[overlay]] processing that are found in pens distributed by many other brands. Therefore, even in the absence of a production marked explicitly ''Fratelli Cavaliere'' is quite common to find pens bearing the company logo: a horseshoe intersected by a stylus, with the words ''"Fabbrica penne oro e fermagli"'',<ref>on the Letizia Jacopini book is reported as "Marca di fabbrica, C.P.E. Milano N. 61375", but unfortunately it does not appear in the online archive of the Archivio Centrale dello Stato.</ref> but also, less known, the ''Linda Darnes'' punch (wife of founder Giuseppe Cavaliere) shown in the picture. | | Although not strictly a fountain pens manufacturer, the ''Fratelli Cavaliere'' has a significant role in the Italian fountain pen history, as it is at the apex in the [[overlay]] processing that are found in pens distributed by many other brands. Therefore, even in the absence of a production marked explicitly ''Fratelli Cavaliere'' is quite common to find pens bearing the company logo: a horseshoe intersected by a stylus, with the words ''"Fabbrica penne oro e fermagli"'',<ref>on the Letizia Jacopini book is reported as "Marca di fabbrica, C.P.E. Milano N. 61375", but unfortunately it does not appear in the online archive of the Archivio Centrale dello Stato.</ref> but also, less known, the ''Linda Darnes'' punch (wife of founder Giuseppe Cavaliere) shown in the picture. |