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Cary family, active, c.1782-1892, British (use for maker/production if people not identifiable)

Cary family

active 1840s-1910s, optical instrument maker, Paris, France

Le Maire

active 1760s, optical instrument maker, Madrid, Spain

MINGUET, Pablo

active 1774-1782, mathematical, optical & nautical instrument maker, London, England

Martin, Joshua Lover

active 1802-1854, optician; mathematical,optical & philosphical instrument maker, London, England

Rubergall, Thomas

active 1790, d. 1829, optican, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Bleuler, John

active 1838-1850, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Morse, Samuel

active 1862-1962, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Hamburg, Germany

C Plath

active 1845-1871, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Berlin, Germany

Pistor & Martins

active 1880s-(?), optical instrument maker, Italian

Koristka, Francesco

active 1895-1910s , optician, optical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester, England

J. Casartelli & Son

active 1832-1879, optician, mathematical, optical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

S & B Solomons

active 1902-1910/1, mathematical, optical & meteorological instrument makers, London, England

C F Casella & Company

active 1850-1853, optical, mathematical, philosophical & drawing instrument maker, London, England

W Elliott and Sons

active 1990s-current, optical instrument maker, Germany & Central Europe

Carl Zeiss AG

active 1706-1756, optician, British; English

Mann, James

active 1867-1919, optical instrument maker (astronomical & geodetical), German

A Repsold & Söhne

active 1845-1857, optical instrument maker (telescopes), German

G Merz

active 1912-current (2005), optical instrument maker (military optics today), Glasgow, Scotland

Barr and Stroud Limited

active 1819-1831, optician, optical & mathemaical instrument maker, London, England

W and T Gilbert

active 1750-1766, mathematical, philosophical and optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole and Son

active 1850-1875, optical instrument maker, London, England

Salmon & Co.

active 1766-1782, mathematical, philosophical and optical instrument maker, English; British

Cole, Benjamin

use corporate name for production if not identifiable - John & Edward Troughton (active, 1756-1826)

Troughton family

active 1940/50s-1988, optical instrument maker (telescopes etc.), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons & Company Limited

active 1900-1940, optical instrument maker, Paris, France

Deraisme

active 1900-1940, optical instrument maker, Wedel, Germany

J. D. Moeller

active 1867-1870s, optical instrument maker, French

Lutz, Edouard

active 1784-1790, optical instrument maker, London, England

J. Jones & Son

active 1850s-1900s, optical instrument maker, Paris, France

Bardou Son and Company

active 1840s-1864, optician, spectacle & optical instrument maker, London, England

Porter & Hunt

active (?), optician, philosophical & mathematical instrument maker, Paris, France

Haering

active 1764-1772, optical, philosophical & mathematical instrument maker, London, England

Morgan, Francis

active 1841-1911, optical instrument maker (microscope), London, England

Powell and Lealand

active 1803-1832, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, Bristol, England

Watkins, William

active 1826-1831, optical, philosophical & mathematical instrument maker, optician, London, England

Lear, Anthony

active 1868-1896, optical instrument maker (telescope), London & York, England

T. Cooke & Sons

active 1847-1857, optical instrument maker, London, England

Smith & Beck

active 1738-1764, optician; optical instrument maker, Italian?

Baillou, Francois de

active 1847-1912, mathematical, optical & nautical instrument maker & optician, Portsmouth, England

George Lee & Son

active 1730-1770, mathematical, optical & nautical instrument maker, London, England

Jackson, Joseph

active 1928-current (2006) optical instrument maker (telescopes & microscope), Wetzlar, Germany

Hensoldt A.G.

active 1748-1759, optician, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, English

Ayscough, James

active 1720s, optician & optical instrument maker, London, England

Dillon

active 1778-1789, optician, optical instrument maker and inventor, English; British

Storer, William

active 1839-1872, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, English; British

Ladd, William

active 1846-1890, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstaette, Jena

active 1945-1990s, optical instrument maker, Oberkochen, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen

active 1784-1798, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Jeremiah & Walter Watkins

active 1817-1839, optical & mathematical instrument maker, London, England

Smith, John