Victorian Macniven & Cameron Pen Ad – Owl & Waverley Pens

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Victorian Macniven & Cameron Pen Ad – Owl & Waverley Pens

Charming Victorian-era advert featuring the famed Owl, Pickwick, and Waverley Pens by Macniven & Cameron, once praised by over 1,200 newspapers for their quality and utility.

Measurements: approx. 3 x 1 1/8 inches
Dates: not available
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Condition: In decent condition. Please check our images.
Internal notes: QC passed

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In an age when letter writing was both an art and a necessity, this beautifully typeset advert from Macniven & Cameron invites us into the golden era of steel pen manufacturing. With its distinctive owl illustration and poetic endorsement, it promotes a trio of writing tools — the Owl Pen, Pickwick Pen, and Waverley Pen — described as “a boon and a blessing to men.”

The Shrewsbury Journal’s praise, reprinted in this advert, hails them as “the best pens invented,” highlighting the public acclaim that followed these Edinburgh-based patentees. First mentioned in the Graphic newspaper on 20 February 1875, this advertisement is a fascinating relic of the Victorian print boom, when writing instruments were marketed with literary flair and national pride.

Preserving this piece is a tribute to the era’s intellectual refinement and craftsmanship. For collectors of stationery history, pen memorabilia, or Victorian typography, it offers not only decorative appeal but genuine historical value as a fragment of Britain’s cultural and commercial story.

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