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 & Co.  Naga Works relocated to Carver Street, where it continued to sell a wide range of cutlery, including tea and coffee pruning knives. An advertisement in The Foreign Buyers’ Catalogue (1895) featured its tribal head ‘NAGA’ mark.  Pearce also acquired the lion and shield mark of Kilner Bros. But Pearce liquidated the company in 1901, when it was at Naga Works, Bailey Lane. The assets were acquired by Charles Firth & Co Ltd (capital £2,000), but Naga Works was sold again in 1902. By then, Pearce was living in Kenwood Park Road and associated with Allen & Son.  Edward Pearce, Summerfield, Broomhill, died on 1 November 1903, aged 49. He was buried in St Michael’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, leaving his widow – Louisa Frances (a British subject born in Japan) – £86.