Henri and Eugene Leclere
The Lecleres were master silver engravers. The founder of the business, Henri Antoine Leclere (1833-1897), came to Sheffield from Paris in 1861 (Bell, 20061). In the following year, he was listed as an engraver in Watery Street. He formed a partnership with Nicholas Bray – Leclere & Bray – which in the 1860s and early 1870s was based in Norfolk Street. By 1876, Henry (he appears to have adopted the English spelling) was listed alone again as a silver engraver in Norfolk Street, with a ....
