"George Washington Planted this pen"

"George Washington Planted this pen"
Item# SL15
$699.00

Product Description

“Made from an actual piece of a tree planted by Americas first president-George Washington”

George Washington Horse Chestnut Ceo Series-with bust engraved on pen and engraved top presentation display box. Limited edition of 500 in series.

This CEO Style pen features horse chestnut. This tree is known as Americas Horse Chestnut Tree and as one of Americas most historic trees. George Washington planted thirteen Horse Chestnut Trees on Faquier Street in downtown Fredericksburg -- one to represent each of the existing colonies. George Washington (February 22, 1732– December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States, (1789–1797),and led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). The trees Washington planted also provided shade for his mother and sister as they walked to and from each other's houses. This is a piece of the last of the 13 trees. This tree was stabilized as it was decaying in 1926. This pen comes with George Washington’s bust engraved on the upper portion of the pen a glass topped display box engraved and a certificate of authenticity. The pen offers a rich 22k gold hand-cast engraved insets on the cap and barrel ends surrounded by brilliant Rhodium plating (Rhodium is a member of the Platinum family). This pen is available as a smooth flowing German made Schmidt® rollerball, Iridium tipped medium fountain or both/dual. An upgraded fountain nib in 18kt gold is also available. This one of a kind pen was handcrafted from a block of wood using a proprietary 64 step process by Frederick fine handcrafted writing instruments a.k.a. frederickpens.com. Copyright © 2008 Frederickpens.com.