By mid-1840s, Samuel Russell (born c.1815) was manufacturing Britannia metal and German silver goods at Portland Works, 188 West Street.  He advertised in Slater’s National & Commercial Directory of Ireland (Manchester & London, 1846).  In about 1852, he joined E. J. Buxton to form Buxton & Russell.  When that ended in 1860, he started another business at Eyre Street Works.  The London Wholesale … Directory (1861) carried a full-page advertisement  for Samuel’s new venture, which specialised in ‘extra hard’ Britannia metal goods, electro-plate, and patented ivory and horn handles.  He soon partnered George Travis (see Travis, Wilson).  Samuel Russell, metal smith of Ellis Street, died, aged 71, on 26 July 1886.  He was buried in the General Cemetery.