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[[Immagine:TheScotland-logo.jpg|center|200px|Logo The Scotland]]

[[Immagine:TheScotland-logo.jpg|center|200px|Logo The Scotland]]

''The Scotland'' è uno dei due marchi, il più antico, usati nella dalla [[Stiassi e Tantini]] per la produzione delle loro stilografiche. Sulla origine delle penne ''The Scotland'' sono state fatte le ipotesi più varie, attribuendone la produzione talvolta alla [[Omas]], talvolta alla [[Montegrappa]] o ad entrambe.<ref>recentemente pure alla [[SAFIS]], anche se questa ha origini più tarde; al momento non è nota alcuna evidenza documentale al riguardo, e le opinioni sulle somiglianze delle forme e le lavorazioni lasciano il tempo che trovano.</ref> La uniche certezze sono quelle relative alla relazione del marchio con la [[Stiassi e Tantini]] che risulta titolare del marchio registrato, e in assenza di evidenze specifiche quella della produzione su commissione resta soltanto una ipotesi senza nessun fondamento concreto.  

''The Scotland'' is the first trademark, the oldest one, used by [[Stiassi e Tantini]] for their fountain pen production. Many hypothesis are made on  ''The Scotland'' pens origins, attributing their production sometime to [[Omas]], sometime to [[Montegrappa]] or both.<ref>recently also to [[SAFIS]], else if [[SAFIS]] was founded later, but to now no documented evidence is known and similarities by models o works cannot considered a proof.</ref> The only confirmed evidence is the brand relation with [[Stiassi e Tantini]] who was the owner of the trademark registration, and without a documented evidence, production by other brands is just a still unsupported hypothesis.  

''The Scotland'' branded pen have a very high general quality, in par with the production of the more famous Italian producer of that time. Because the short live of the brand, these pens are quite rare, and so highly sought by collectors.{{Infobox_Brand|The Scotland}}

''The Scotland'' branded pen have a very high general quality, in par with the production of the more famous Italian producer of that time. Because the short live of the brand, these pens are quite rare, and so highly sought by collectors.{{Infobox_Brand|The Scotland}}{{BrandData|Founder=Giuseppe Tantini, Giorgio Stiassi|Place=Bologna|Country=IT|Fullname=The Scotland Pen Italiana}}

==History==

==History==

</noinclude>[[Image:Scotland-Prismatica-Open.jpg|thumb|A [[Scotland]] [[Prismatica]]]]

</noinclude>[[Image:Scotland-Prismatica-Open.jpg|thumb|A [[Scotland]] [[Prismatica]]]]

The trademark registration was done in [[1931]] ({{Marchio|44193}}), and later there was a change in ''Scotland Italiana'', registered in [[1936]]/1937 ({{Marchio|54732}}), probably as the result of market trends changes due to the fight against anglophile trends and the exaltation of the Italian naming made by the fascist regime propaganda. The link with [[Tabo]] is anyway confirmed by the presence of a oversize model marked ''Scotland Italiana - Tabo Mod 1926''.

The trademark registration was done in [[1931]] ({{Marchio|44193}}), and later there was a change in ''Scotland Italiana'', registered in [[1936]]/1937 ({{Marchio|54732}}), probably as the result of market trends changes due to the fight against anglophile trends and the exaltation of the Italian naming made by the fascist regime propaganda. The link with [[Tabo]] is anyway confirmed by the presence of a oversize model marked ''Scotland Italiana - Tabo Mod 1926''.

The only other known document about the brand is a February 4, 1930 bill on behalf of the ''Armando Merighi'' company which depicts a fountain pen called ''The Scotland Self Filling Pen'';  the role of this company is not totally clear, but it was claiming to be the dealer for the italian distribution, and Merighi himself registered in the '40s the brand name ''Mercurio'', often found on economic nibs.

The only other known document about the brand is a February 4, 1930 bill on behalf of the ''"Fabbrica Penne Stilografiche Armando Merighi"'' company which depicts a fountain pen called ''"The Scotland Self Filling Pen"'', for which this company is claiming to be the dealer for the Italian distribution, and Merighi himself registered in the '40s the brand name ''[[Mercurio]]'', often found on economic nibs.

The earlier fountain pen production by [[The Scotland]] was composed by [[safety]] models made both in  simple [[BCHR|black chased hard rubber]] or with metal [[overlay]]s, these ones using laminated gold metal decorated with geometric engravings. There are no known specific names of these models than those previously cited in the bill that reports the following names: ''special'', ''junior'', ''9I safetj'', ''zigrinato tipo [[Waterman]] 40''.

The earlier fountain pen production by [[The Scotland]] was composed by [[safety]] models made both in  simple [[BCHR|black chased hard rubber]] or with metal [[overlay]]s, these ones using laminated gold metal decorated with geometric engravings. There are no known specific names of these models than those previously cited in the bill that reports the following names: ''special'', ''junior'', ''9I safetj'', ''zigrinato tipo [[Waterman]] 40''.

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