KRONE SAINT PATRICK GOLD MAGNUM LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN - 18 PIECES MADE

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KRONE SAINT PATRICK GOLD MAGNUM LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN - 18 PIECES MADE:
$14000.00

KRONE SAINT PATRICK GOLD MAGNUM LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN
Mint Condition. Never been used.Housed in manufacturer's box, with papers.
Pagan - a heathen: an unconverted member of a people or nationthat does not acknowledge the God of the Bible. Prior to St.Patrick's arrival in Ireland to build a Christian Church, his missionwas foretold by pagan wizards. There was a fierce heathen kingnamed Logaire who reigned in the Irish capital of Tara. He calledupon his two favorite wizards to look into the future with their blackarts and this is what they foresaw:"there would come to be acertain foreign practice, like a kingdom, with some strange andtroublesome doctrine; a practice brought from afar across theseas, proclaimed by a few, adopted by many and respected by all;it would overthrow kingdoms, kill kings who resisted, win overgreat crowds, destroy their gods, and after driving out all theresources of their art it would reign for ever and ever."Thesewords were indeed prophetic, for St. Patrick wiped out the worshipof idols and established the catholic faith in Christ throughout thecountry. The defining moment in St. Patrick's mission came whenhe challenged King Logaire and his pagan followers on Easter,declaring that the power of their gods were no match for the powerof the Christian God. This challenge also coincided with thepagans' most important festival of the year. In a series ofconfrontations and contests over two days time, St. Patrick killedboth of Logaire's favorite wizards and reduced the king to afrightened, humiliated mortal. It is ironic that the patron saint ofIreland, St. Patrick, was in fact a Roman Briton who had a visionthat he was to go to Ireland to establish the Christian church. Hebelieved in this mission so passionately that he left his familybehind in Britain and forsook any opportunity for a personal life toachieve this goal. His exploits gave rise to the legend of himdriving the snakes out of Ireland. This is likely to be a metaphor forthe defeat of paganism, as serpent imagery is common in paganreligions and the use of that iconography would have died out withthe fall of the heathens. St. Patrick devoted his life to convertingthe druids and his legacy is a Christian Ireland.

Krone honors Saint Patrick with a magnificent pen. The barrel is aluminescent, brilliantly colored painting over a hand-made barrel;re-creating the glowing stained glass of that time period. Theimage is of Saint Patrick dressed as a Shepherd.The cap andblind cap are of rich briarwood, which is delicately carved with aCeltic pattern. The antique bronze clip is a unique Celtic symbol,which accents the cap so beautifully. The band at the base of thebarrel has the wor “EIRE” which means Ireland in Gaelic. This penis also available in a magnum size. The cap on the magnumversion is also briarwood, however it has two panels with anornate Celticcross in silver and gold and the other two panels havepainted mother of pearl inlays. The barrel of the pen is mother ofpearl with the same richly painted picture adorned with gold leaf.Available in a worldwide Limited Edition of 288 fountain pens and28 rollerballs. Also available, are 18 magnum fountain pens.