Albert Leeson

Albert Leeson

Albert Leeson (1904-1946) was an English bow maker.

Albert Leeson worked for the firm W.E.Hill & Sons, starting as an apprentice in 1920 and quickly learning to making the finest fleur-de-lys bows (mounted in silver, gold, or tortoiseshell). His bows are marked with number 3 on the tip under the bow hair.

He was accidentally killed by a London bus in 1946.Fact|date=February 2008

----Sources: [http://www.hillbows.com/bowmakers.php?makerID=10&name=Albert%20Leeson 1]


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