Silver and gold. Silver and gold. I might be too early for Christmas songs, but love Pelikan Souveran M1000 fountain pens with vermeil caps! Vermeil, to the uninitiated, is a solid sterling silver coated in gold. The pen is absolutely perfect, except for 2 pits in the backside of the pen that look like tooth marks. No dents, no cracks, no deep scratches. Surface wear at worst for the rest of the cap and barrel. Its piston works smoothly to fill the pen. Even more smooth is the divine two-tone broad-point 18k gold nib. Sheer heaven for writing. We don't know if it came with this box originally, but we found them together with a full bottle of black ink. The cap logo has a mama pelican in gold with two chicks on a black background. 14.6cm capped.