{{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]] around the second half of the 20s,<ref>no precise date is known, the advertisement alongside allows 1927 to be put as the upper limit</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).
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{{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).
The Blackbird brand was introduced by Swan before 1914,[1] 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).
↑no precise date is known, we refer to this date which is quoted in 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".
