Edward Pearce & Company
Edward Pearce was born in Sheffield in 1854, the son of Edward, a grocer, and his wife, Elisa. In the 1891 Census, Edward Jun. was described as a tea planter, living in London Road, with his sisters. He soon formed Pearce & Buxton with Henry William Buxton. Their Naga Works was in Eyre Lane and operated as a cutlery manufacturer, silversmith, and general merchant (selling, inter alia, knives and tools for tea and coffee plantations). This partnership was dissolved in 1892 and succeeded by Edward Pearce ....
