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Your search for "browning" yielded 23 entries. Displaying entries 1–23.| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
| BROWNING 1 | England, c.1780-1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Spectroscopes = OXF. | probably John Browning 1; see Spencer, Browning and Rust; see Spencer, Browning and Co; see Browning and Rust. | London. | Taylor 2(805); Brewington 1. | suggest correction |
| BROWNING 2 | USA, c.1825, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compasses, wood = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich., P.C.; Octant = De Young Museum, San Francisco. | P.C. and octant signed "Baltimore"; other instrument signed "Boston"; probably Samuel Browning 1. | Boston, Mass.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; DATM. | suggest correction |
| BROWNING 3 | USA, c.1803, MIM OIM | see Newell and Browning. | Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass.(1803). | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| BROWNING AND RUST | England, c.1835, NIM | Octant = OMM; Sextant = PMS. | London. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| BROWNING AND SON | USA, fl.1816-41, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = GUR, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | Samuel (1) and Samuel S. Browning, father and son. | 67 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; DATM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| BROWNING, GEORGE | England?, 1782, NIM | Octant, mahogany, 1782 = Soth. 12/19/66-16. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| BROWNING, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1782-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = D.(1972); | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on March 1, 1768; free of the Company, July 4, 1782; brother of Samuel Browning 1; according to the addresses John Browning appears not to have been involved in any firm; Taylor's addresses were different. | 49 Virginia Street (1782); Pennington Street, Ratcliffe Highway (1793); Prince's Square, Ratcliffe Highway (1797); 25 Prince's Square (1800); 17 Wellclose Place, New Road, St. George in the East (1803); all in London. | Taylor 2(805); Moskowitz 104; Coffeen B; USNM; J. Brown 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| BROWNING, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1803-, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Samuel Browning 1, of the Grocers' Company on Sept.3, 1795; free of the Company, May 5, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| BROWNING, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1860-72, OIM PHIM | Spectroscope, hand = D.(1991). | T.C.; "Optical and Physical Instrument Maker to Her Majesty's Goverment, The Royal Observatory, Kew Observatory, etc."; probably was the successor to Spencer, Browning and Co., c.1860. | 111 Minories E. (1860-72) and 63 Strand (1872); 6 Vine Street, E.C.(factory); all in London. | Calvert 2; Moskowitz 4; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Gemmary III. | suggest correction |
| BROWNING, RICHARD | England, c.1818, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Dec. 3, 1818; son of Samuel Browning 1; partner in the firm of Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 with his brother, William and with Ebenezer Rust 2 from 1819 until 1840 when the name of the firm changed to Spencer, Browning and Co. | 66 Wapping (1818-39); 111 Minories (1839); also at 6 Vine Street (1848); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 1 | USA, 1778-1864, MIM NIM | see Browning 2; clockmaker; partner with Joseph Newell, as Newell and Browning, 1803; T.C. engraved by Thomas Wightman. | 4 Dock Square (1805); 35 Broad Street (1809); 77 Broad Street (1816-25); 282 Washington (1829-41); all are in Boston, Mass.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Warner 12. | suggest correction | |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 2 | England, fl.1782-1819, MIM NIM | Octant = VNN. | brother of John Browning 1; apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 5, 1767; free of the Company, July 4, 1782; partner in Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 with Ebenezer Rust 1 and William Spencer 2. | 327 Wapping Street, London (1782-83); Eaton Socon, Beds. (1786-92); Wapping, London (1795-1819). | J. Brown 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 3 | England, c.1792, | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2, his father, in the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1792. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| BROWNING, SAMUEL S. | USA, c.1803-35, MIM OIM | son of Samuel Browning 1. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| BROWNING, WILLIAM | England, fl.1819-40, MIM | brother of Richard Browning; Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 was run by Ebenezer Rust 2 and William and Richard Browning, 1819-40, a continuation of the original firm. | London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEWELL AND BROWNING | USA, c.1803, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | probably Joseph Newell and Samuel Browning 1. | Merchants Row, Boston, Mass. (1803). | Smart 1. | suggest correction |
| SPENCER AND BROWNING | England, fl.1781-84, MIM NIM | Octants = Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., Phillips-NE 7/19/93. | William Spencer 2 and Samuel Browning 2; turned into Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 in 1784 when Ebenezer Rust 1 joined the partners; Spencer married Browning's sister. | 327 Wapping High Stret, London. | J. Brown 1; ATG 7/10/93; RSW. | suggest correction |
| SPENCER, BROWNING | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant = MAN-I126; Quadrants = PMS, Maritime Museum of British Columbia; Barometer = PMS; Compass = PMS. | surely a misreading for Spencer, Browning and Co. or for Spencer and Browning. | London. | Garcia 1; USNM. | suggest correction |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND CO. | England, fl.1840-62, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | made octants, quadrants, sextants, compasses, telescopes; a spectroscope at TEY; examples are numerous and may be found at OMM, MYS, MSI, AMST, VNN, Longleat, Wiltshire, Wadsworth Atheneum, Woodman Institute, Maine Historical Society, etc. | after Ebenezer Rust 2 died in 1838, Spencer, Browning and Rust became Spencer, Browning and Co. by 1840 (Rinaldi gives this date as 1843); Charles Taber and Co., New Bedford, Mass. were the American agents; T.C. stated that the instruments were genuine if "SBR" was stamped on the scales. | 111 Minories (1840); also 6 Vine Street, America Square (1848); both in London. | J. Brown 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; USNM; Coffeen 9; Rinaldi 23; RSW. | suggest correction |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND LIGHT | England, c.1860, OIM | Telescope = Westerly Public Library, R.I. | London. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND RICH | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = USNM. | misreading of Spencer, Browning and Rust? | London. | USNM. | suggest correction |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND RUST 1 | England, fl.1784-1819, MIM NIM OIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including Octant, 1791 =NMM; Quadrant, 1801 = D.(1983). | William Spencer 2, Samuel Browning 2 and Ebenezer Rust 1; the firm divided ivory scales signed "SBR" for other nautical instrument makers; T.C. | 327 Wapping High Street (1784-91);123 Wapping (1791); 66 Wapping (1797); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; USNM; Taylor 2(894); Calvert 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND RUST 2 | England, fl.1819-40, MIM NIM OIM | made mostly nautical instruments including: Octant, 1820 = Little Compton R.I.; Octant, 1825 = Seamans Institute, New York, N.Y. | William and Richard Browning and Ebenezer Rust 2; after the death of Ebenezer Rust 2 in 1838, the firm changed the name to Spencer, Browning and Co. in 1840; it is difficult to tell the difference between the instruments made by Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 and those made by Spencer, Browning and Rust 2. | 66 Wapping, London. | J. Brown 1; USNM. | suggest correction |
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