Auction 4
Jun 16, 2019 (your local time)
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LOT 41:

Silver Nib pen and letter opener, end of 19th century. Stamped 830. Impressive and rare set!

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Silver Nib pen and letter opener, end of 19th century. Stamped 830. Impressive and rare set!


Vintage ' Gold Wing 456 ' Macniven & Cameron Ltd. Pen Nib Litho Tin Box ADV EHS.


In 1770, Nisbet MacNiven established a paper-making business at Balerno , outside Edinburgh. The firm soon diversified into stationery and moved to premises on Blair Street in Edinburgh's Old Town .

In the 1840s, brothers John and Donald Cameron became involved, and the firm became Macniven and Cameron.

The "Waverley" nib was invented by Duncan Cameron , another brother, and was unusual in having an upturned point, making the ink flow more smoothly on the paper. The "Waverley" was named after the Waverley novels of Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), which were still hugely popular at the time. The new nib was initially manufactured by Gillott and others, until the company bought a factory in Bordesley , Birmingham , in 1900. It then manufactured its own nibs, fountain pens and printed stationery, until 1964, when the factory closed.

Macniven and Cameron also made pens called the "Pickwick", "Owl", "Phaeton", "Nile", "Hindoo" and "Commercial". The company filed several patents in relation to its fountain pens.



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