Aurora 88

Aurora 88, Marcello Nizzoli for Aurora
M Dreibelbis from Cleveland Ohio, CC BY 2.0

The streamlined piston-filling fountain pen from post-war Italy.

After the war Aurora had Marcello Nizzoli, who later designed Olivetti’s typewriters, draw a new pen. Its shape was streamlined.

The Aurora 88 was a great success in Italy and abroad and was made in many versions.

Materials: Plastic, metal, gold nib

Manufacture: Made in Turin from 1947.

The streamlined body.

The metal cap.

The piston filler worked by turning the end.