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| [[Image:1916-09-Cameron.jpg|thumb|A 1916 advertising]] | | [[Image:1916-09-Cameron.jpg|thumb|A 1916 advertising]] |
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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 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 ''[[Gillott]]'' 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]]. |
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− | L'azienda entrò nel mercato delle stilografiche negli anni '10 (almeno dal [[1916]], come testimoniato dalla pubblicità in figura, ed un brevetto, {{Cite patent|US|940509}}, è del [[1908]]), e fu attiva anche sul mercato francese. Dalla solita pubblicità si evince la presenza di una sede principale a Londra con filiali a Glasgow, Edimburgo e Parigi.<ref>L'azienda è pure citata da Lambrou per la produzione di penne ''Waverley'', il cui nome pare però essere stato usato solo per i pennini omonimi.</ref> Un nome di modello (presente in un [http://www.prints-online.com/pictures_1738755/cameron-pens-advertisement.html altro volantino]) noto è ''Guinea Pen'', dalle foto invece emerge un modello con caricamento a levetta denominato "''Cameron N.4''".
| + | 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> |
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− | Le stesse penne erano distribuite in Francia alla fine della prima guerra mondiale con il nome ''S.A.R. Cameron'' (dove comunque S.A.R. non è altro che l'acronimo di ''Safety Auto Remplissage'') da Kirbie, Bird and C. con sede in Rue Auber, 5 a Parigi. L'azienda pare rimasta attiva fino al [[1964]], anche se chi riporta una fine della produzione precedente.
| + | The company began marketing pens under its own name from about [[1916]], as evidenced by the advertisement on the side, with the invention of a special tweezer filling system (patent {{Cite patent|GB|101241}} of the same year), which were called ''"[[Cameron Safety Self Filler]]"''. These pens were made in different sizes, and, echoing the feature of the earlier ''"[[Waverley Fountain Pen]]"'' were also characterized by the possibility of mounting different [[Tipologie pennini Cameron|special nib]] derived directly from the equivalents popular in the world of dip nibs. |
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− | ===Riferimenti esterni=== | + | The same pens were distributed in France at the end of World War I from ''Kirbie, Bird C.'' based in Rue Auber, 5 in Paris, with the name ''SAR Cameron'' (where however SAR is nothing more than an acronym for ''Safety Auto Remplissage''). The company apparently remained active until [[1964]], even if someone is reporting an earlier end of production. |
− | * http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/MacNCam.htm | + | |
− | * http://kamakurapens.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=741 | + | ==External references== |
| + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macniven_and_Cameron] Page about the company on Wikipedia |
| + | * [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/MacNiven_and_Cameron] Page about the company on Grace Guide |
| + | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20090311005449/http://www.zianet.com:80/jmcdgwin/MacNCam.htm] Page about the company, disappeared from current site pages |
| + | * [http://kamakurapens.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=741] Unreachable link on the discontinued Kamakura Pens site, remains for reference |
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− | {{BrandData|Ancestor=Nisbet Macniven|Founder=John Cameron, Donald Cameron|Place=Birmingham|Country=UK|OrigDate=1770|Date=1840|ProdDate=1917|Fullname=''Macniven & Cameron Ltd.''|Closing=1964}}
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