The Crown Manufacturing Company (Leeds) Ltd
The owner was Henry Cohen (1866-1949) who had been born in Leeds, the son of Abraham, a Jewish immigrant jeweller from Warsaw, and his wife, Rosetta. Henry followed his father’s trade and prospered as a Leeds jeweller.Crown Manufacturing Co (Leeds) Ltd was incorporated in 1935, with a capital of £3,000. Henry was governing director, alongside his wife Leonora (1873-1978) and son Reginald (Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer, 30 August 1935). Henry described himself as a watch and clock impo....
