Neale
Harrison & Co |
Location and period of operation:
Neale
Harrison & Co |
Hanley |
1871 |
1885 |
Neale Harrison & Co., were decorators at the Swan Works, Elm Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
(note: sometimes incorrectly recorded as "Neale, Harrison & Co." as though Neale and Harrison were two people)
Neale Harrison (b.1850 d.1918) was a member of the 'Harrison' family of the potters colours and glazes manufacturing fame.
- see Harrison & SonNeale lived at 21 Bath Street, Hanley, with his older brother (Thomas William Harrison) and learned the art of making colours and glazes.
At about age 21 he pursuaded his father and older brother to set him up with is own business. They helped set him up with the purchase
of the Swan Works in nearby Elm Street. Here he operated as a pottery decorator. His brother Thomas was a partner.Neale Harrison married and about 1874 he and his wife emigrated to Melbourne, Australia where he acted as an agent for the family
colour & glaze business.Thomas Harrison kept an eye on the Elm Street business, the partnership in 'Neale Harrison & Co' between the two brothers was
dissolved in 1882 and Thomas continue it on his own.In 1885 Thomas and his father agreed that keeping the Elm Street business was not a sensible option and it was sold.
Previously: W. L. Evans & Co
Subsequently: T. A. Simpson
There was a merchant - R H Gibbons - advertising in 1885 'Late Neale Harrison & Co'
London
Gazette May 5 1882
notice
of the dissolution of the partnership
between Thomas William Harrison and
Neale Harrison
Neale
Harrison
photo and information kindly
supplied by:
Mark John Harrison Mills
various letterheads for the Swan Works and Neale Harrison & Co
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