The Visconti Taj Mahal was released in 1996 as a Limited Edition of 888. Unlike other silver overlay pens, this one is proper filigree: The overlay is hand-woven out of thin silver wire according to ancient Indian techniques.
The barrel and cap are made of Visconti's proprietary "vegetal" resin, which has a high-gloss, marblised look and a warm texture suggestive of a hardened organic material.
This pen utilizes Visconti's "High Power Vacuum Filler system" and has huge ink capacity. The nib is a 1.1mm stub, reground by Richard Binder.A full review of this pen is posted on the Fountain Pen Network.
