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The company's origins date back to the activity of Nisbet MacNiven that in [[1770]] founded a factory in Balerno, near Edinburgh, the city where activities on stationery production were transferred in [[1788]]. In [[1840]] John and Donald Cameron joined the company that became the ''MacNiven & Cameron Ltd.'' ''Duncan Cameron'' is credited with the design of the [[Waverley nib|''Waverley'' nib]] produced by ''[[Gillot Steel Pens]]'' since [[1864]] and roughly until the mid-70s of the 19th century. The company acquired a factory in Birmingham in [[1900]] and continued to produce nibs working in the stationery products market up to the closure of the factory in [[1964]].

The company's origins date back to the activity of Nisbet MacNiven that in [[1770]] founded a factory in Balerno, near Edinburgh, the city where activities on stationery production were transferred in [[1788]]. In [[1840]] John and Donald Cameron joined the company that became the ''MacNiven & Cameron Ltd.'' ''Duncan Cameron'' is credited with the design of the [[Waverley nib|''Waverley'' nib]] produced by ''[[Gillot Steel Pens]]'' since [[1864]] and roughly until the mid-70s of the 19th century. The company acquired a factory in Birmingham in [[1900]] and continued to produce nibs working in the stationery products market up to the closure of the factory in [[1964]].

The company entered the fountain pens market in the early 1900s (at least since [[1907]], as evidenced by this [[:File:1907-0x-Waverley-FountainPen.jpg|advertisement]] in the ''Strand Magazine''), repurposing a fountain pen with a [[Waverley nib|''Waverley'' nib]], covered by a patent from the same year ({{Cite patent|GB|190708313}}) named  ''"[[Waverley Fountain Pen]]"''. The same advertisement shows that the company is headquartered in London with branches in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Paris.<ref>The company is cited by Lambrou for producing ''[[Waverley]]'' pens, but the name appears to have been used initially only for the models named ''[[Waverley Fountain Pen]]'', because of the eponymous type of nib, and not as a stand-alone brand.</ref>   

The company entered the fountain pens market in the 10s (at least since [[1916]], as evidenced by the advertising in the figure, and a patent, {{Cite patent|US|940509}}, is from [[1908]]); it was also active in the French market. The cited advertising suggests the presence of a main office in London with branches in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Paris.<ref>The company is also cited by Lambrou for the production of ''[[Waverley]]'' pens, that name, however, seems to has been used only for some model named [[Waverley Fountain Pen]] and not as an indipendent brand.</ref> Another model name known (present in [http://www.prints-online.com/pictures_1738755/cameron-pens-advertisement.html another flyer]) is ''Guinea Pen'', instead between the brand photos there is a lever filler model called ''"Cameron N.4"''.

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L'azienda iniziò a commercializzare penne con il proprio nome a partire all'incirca dal [[1916]], come testimoniato dalla pubblicità a fianco, con l'invenzione di un particolare sistema di caricamento a pinzetta (brevetto {{Cite patent|GB|101241}} dello stesso anno), che vennero chiamate ''"[[Cameron Safety Self Filler]]"''. Queste penne vennero realizzate in diverse dimensioni, e, riprendendo la caratteristica delle precedenti ''"[[Waverley Fountain Pen]]"'' erano anche caratterizzate dalla possibilità di montarci diverse [[Tipologia pennini Cameron|varianti di pennini speciali]] derivati direttamente dagli equivalenti diffusi nel mondo dei pennini da intinzione.

L'azienda iniziò a commercializzare penne con il proprio nome a partire all'incirca dal [[1916]], come testimoniato dalla pubblicità a fianco, con l'invenzione di un particolare sistema di caricamento a pinzetta (brevetto {{Cite patent|GB|101241}} dello stesso anno), che vennero chiamate ''"[[Cameron Safety Self Filler]]"''. Queste penne vennero realizzate in diverse dimensioni, e, riprendendo la caratteristica delle precedenti ''"[[Waverley Fountain Pen]]"'' erano anche caratterizzate dalla possibilità di montarci diverse [[Tipologia pennini Cameron|varianti di pennini speciali]] derivati direttamente dagli equivalenti diffusi nel mondo dei pennini da intinzione.