This firm was a well-known optician and maker of scientific instruments. It was established (according to its advertisements) in 1804 by John Priston Cutts, who was born in about 1787 in Leeds. In 1820, Cutts was in partnership with Joseph Cam (see Cam & Birks), but the arrangement was dissolved. He was listed in Norfolk Street in 1822, but by 1828 had moved into the former Division Street premises of William Greaves & Sons. Cutts was also in partnership with James Chesterman in the....