A late 19th Century lacquered brass spectroscopic analyser signed John Browning London, with spectroscope, condenser, inverted stage and mirror, in fitted mahogany case with slides and coloured dye phials - 15in.(38cm) wide
Browning, John
Nationality: English; British
Brief Bio: active 1830/31-1925, optical instrument maker, English; British
Notes: Traded at 6 Vine St.(1868-1875), 111 Minories - Factory (1870s), 63 Strand (1878-1880s), 7 Southampton St - factory (1880s) & 146 Strand (1910), all London, England. Took over the business of his father, William Browning