William Harriss
Born in Warwick in about 1820, William Harriss moved to Sheffield in about 1856 and partnered James Hancock in an electro-plate venture in Orchard Lane. He then worked alone until he joined forces in the early 1860s with Henry Land in Harriss & Land. The firm was a Britannia metal manufacturer, but became one of the early electro-platers in Sheffield. In 1864, Harriss and Land separated, with the former reverting to trading as ‘William Harriss’, electro-plater and gilder, Orchard Lane.....
