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[[Image:1916-09-Cameron.jpg|thumb|A 1916 advertising]]

[[Image:1916-09-Cameron.jpg|thumb|A 1916 advertising]]

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 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>