{"product_id":"america-the-beautiful-fountain-pen-in-azure-blue","title":"David Oscarson America The Beautiful Fountain Pen - Azure Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo mark the Semiquincentennial of the United States, David Oscarson introduces the America the Beautiful Collection, a Limited Edition fountain pen honoring Katharine Lee Bates’ beloved hymn and the American ideals of Freedom, Providence, and Brotherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrue to the tradition of David Oscarson craftsmanship, the America the Beautiful Collection is made from solid Sterling Silver and finished with layered Guilloché engraving beneath kiln-fired Hot Enamel. The design brings together national symbols, historic references, and poetic imagery connected to America’s founding and its ongoing pursuit of liberty, unity, and self-government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cap presents the American Bald Eagle with wings fully extended, engraved in high and low relief and set against the Star-Spangled Banner. Above the eagle, rays of light rise in high relief, while a sunburst Guilloché pattern glows beneath translucent Hot Enamel, evoking Bates’ words: “God shed His grace on thee.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clip takes the form of an elongated scroll representing the Constitution of the United States. Engraved upon it are the opening words of the Preamble, “We the People.” The Liberty Bell is also incorporated into the scroll, recalling its enduring inscription: “Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land unto All the Inhabitants thereof.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the crown of the cap, three clasping hands appear in mid relief, symbolizing unity and brotherhood and referencing Bates’ lyric, “And crown thy good with brotherhood.” Around the crown, three high-relief silver stars represent the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of government, while also carrying a deeper symbolic reference to the divine Godhead. At the top of the cap, the Latin phrase Annuit Coeptis appears in high relief. Meaning “He has approved our undertakings,” the phrase comes from the Great Seal of the United States and Virgil’s poetry, and was first proposed by Charles Thomson in 1782.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe barrel draws directly from the landscape imagery of Bates’ hymn: “O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain.” Translucent enamel over multi-level Guilloché depicts golden wheat fields transitioning into plowed farmland and trees, with distant mountains rising beneath an open sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear the base of the barrel, the Great Seal phrase Novus Ordo Seclorum appears in high relief. Translated as “A New Order of the Ages,” it reflects the founding vision of the nation and its lasting legacy. The endcap features the initials USA, flanked by two stars, with the years 1776 and 2026 raised against opaque black enamel to commemorate 250 years of American liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gripping section is engraved with a stanza from Bates’ hymn: “America! America! God shed His grace on thee. From sea to shining sea!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery design element in the America the Beautiful Collection has been selected to express the spirit of the United States: its founding principles, its trials, its achievements, and its unity under Providence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Oscarson","offers":[{"title":"Medium","offer_id":51796186759489,"sku":"ABAS-M","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine","offer_id":51796194820417,"sku":"ABAS-F","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Broad","offer_id":51796195082561,"sku":"ABAS-B","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/1003\/1937\/files\/DO_AtB_AzureSilver1.jpg?v=1781024466","url":"https:\/\/fahrneyspens.com\/products\/america-the-beautiful-fountain-pen-in-azure-blue","provider":"Fahrney's Pens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}